Del Potro beats Federer in Indian Wells thriller
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del potro was competing in his first indian wells final since 2013 when he lost to spaniard rafael nadal2 former us open winner juan martin del potro stunned world number one roger federer 6-4 6-7 810 7-6 72 to win the indian wells masters tournament on sunday2 federer missed clinching the championship when he broke del potro at 4-4 then fluffed the opportunity when he served by allowing the argentinian to claw his way back to level scores at 5-5. like the second the third set also went into a tie break with federer spraying many errors and losing the match2 del potro survived three match points before clinching the championship in the tiebreaker ending a two hour 42 minute marathon contest on the main stadium court2 he won the first five points of the third set tiebreaker then closed it out when federer smack a forehand long2 im still shaking del potro said. its difficult to describe with words. its like a dream2 after all my problems after all my surgeries i couldnt believe im here winning a masters 1000 and beating roger. its amazing2 in the close to three-hour thriller the two players kept the audience on tenterhooks as federer came from one set down to level scores in a tie breaker2 this is just del potros seventh win over federer in 25 career meetings2 del potro is back in the top 10 in rankings this season after dropping to no. 1045 before beginning his comeback from three left wrist surgeries in 20162 its a bit disappointing but thats how it goes federer told the press2 but well done to him. i lost my serve a little bit in the tiebreak and he was clean2 standing at the trophy ceremony i wish i couldve played that tiebreak again he added2 i had a great run again this week federer said. we love coming here. there was not much in between us but you del potro deserve it. enjoy the moment2 see you all next year2

Del Potro beats Federer in Indian Wells thriller
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del potro was competing in his first indian wells final since 2013 when he lost to spaniard rafael nadal2 former us open winner juan martin del potro stunned world number one roger federer 6-4 6-7 810 7-6 72 to win the indian wells masters tournament on sunday2 federer missed clinching the championship when he broke del potro at 4-4 then fluffed the opportunity when he served by allowing the argentinian to claw his way back to level scores at 5-5. like the second the third set also went into a tie break with federer spraying many errors and losing the match2 del potro survived three match points before clinching the championship in the tiebreaker ending a two hour 42 minute marathon contest on the main stadium court2 he won the first five points of the third set tiebreaker then closed it out when federer smack a forehand long2 im still shaking del potro said. its difficult to describe with words. its like a dream2 after all my problems after all my surgeries i couldnt believe im here winning a masters 1000 and beating roger. its amazing2 in the close to three-hour thriller the two players kept the audience on tenterhooks as federer came from one set down to level scores in a tie breaker2 this is just del potros seventh win over federer in 25 career meetings2 del potro is back in the top 10 in rankings this season after dropping to no. 1045 before beginning his comeback from three left wrist surgeries in 20162 its a bit disappointing but thats how it goes federer told the press2 but well done to him. i lost my serve a little bit in the tiebreak and he was clean2 standing at the trophy ceremony i wish i couldve played that tiebreak again he added2 i had a great run again this week federer said. we love coming here. there was not much in between us but you del potro deserve it. enjoy the moment2 see you all next year2