US Open seems the only slam tailor made for him that's the problem. If he doesn't break through beating a top 3 or 4 player in New York in September, where else will he? AO is slow and favours grinders, RG is Rafito's backyard and his grass deficiencies were exposed by Ferrer.
It all depends on what storm is supposed to mean. You've said by winning a GS but I think storm would be the way Djokovic played during 2011, for example.
I do think that if he can stay injury free he can look forward to a good next year or so though. I think he's a darkhorse for this upcoming USO, but I can definitely see him winning one of the two hard court GS's, unless Djokovic is playing unbelievable tennis in which case he'll win them. I'd also expect him to be able to get back to at least 5th in the rankings. I don't see him storming the GS's but I think he'll have an excellent season, again depending on how he copes with injuries.
His US Open is lucky but no one will admit that.
If Roger plays like USO 2008 Final, could he win?
Rafa is just coming back from injury, otherwise could he win?
Besides federer defeats Djoker and Cilic ousts Murray which two has positive record upon JMDP. He is just lucky.
No. Because if Roger had played at that level it'd have meant JMDP would not have put him under enough pressure/uncomfortable enough on court to get the win.
Rafa is just coming back from injury, otherwise could he win?
This whole luck thing is nonsense. Del Potro was brilliant back in the 2009 USO and fully deserved to win the tournament. Had it been Federer or Nadal who'd played like that during the tournament we'd be raving about their performance.
He was very good at RG this year. He can be dangerous even this year in OPEN USA.
I like more his chances to be the player who will broke the top3 about winning GS, more than any other like Murray or whatever.
He could dominate the North American hard-courts next year. He should go deep at RG barring injury an then of course the fast hard-courts of the Us Open could bring major number 2. Which would be awesome to see.
Federer has beaten him 6 times this year, so the fact that Del Potro pushed him close a couple of times isn't really that notable. A guy that loses to the same opponent 6 times in a row (actually 7 since his comeback) isn't likely to overtake him any time soon simply because a couple of the matches were close.
It's been over a year and a half since Del Potro returned and we're still waiting for this incredible leap forward - people were saying exactly the same thing this time last year and it didn't happen. At what point do we just accept that he's now a very good player, but not an elite one? His record against top 10 players in Masters/Slams this year is 1-7, with the one being Berdych at RG who's in the middle of a horrific slump.
Re: Del Potro will storm the 2013 season | Official Delpo Bandwagon
Hope his Olympics semifinal and bronze match have reminded some people of what an awesome player JMDP is and can be. He definitely doesn't need to fear the top players. when he is in top condition, he is one of them.
Only injuries have derailed him and hopefully that's past him now
Re: Del Potro will storm the 2013 season | Official Delpo Bandwagon
Him and Tsonga will be hanging around within the top 8 but at this point it is not about deep runs (which they've proved they can make at a consistent level), at this point it is about either one of these two grabbing a slam. Especially Tsonga who still needs a slam.
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