Anderson, Del Potro battle in Acapulco final
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in the other semi-final del potro blasted six aces and broke alexander zverevs serve three times en route to a 6-4 6-2 win on friday night1 south africas kevin anderson moved one step closer to capturing his second consecutive title with a 6-3 4-6 6-3 victory over american qualifier jared donaldson at acapulcos atp mexican open1 the world no. 8 anderson has plenty of confidence heading into saturdays final where he will face argentinas juan martin del potro1 it just feels great to win tonights match anderson said. when youre out there youre not really thinking about finals and what happened before. in the heat of the battle i thought it was a really tough match1 since last january when he plunged to 80th in the world anderson has made five finals comprising washington d.c. the us open pune new york and now acapulco. he was runner-up at the 2017 us open1 anderson saw his ranking fall of as a result of a variety of injuries and health issues1 anderson of johannesburg won the new york open crown two weeks ago1 del potro who is seeded sixth won 78 percent of his first-serve points and 55 percent of his second serves in the one hour 31 minute match1 zverev of germany hammered 10 aces but had two double faults1 on the womens side of the draw defending champion lesia tsurenko earned a ninth straight victory at this event as she held off a late charge from daria gavrilova to return to the wta final with a 6-2 6-4 win1 tsurenko will have the opportunity to play for her fourth career wta title against swiss stefanie voegele who cruised past swedish qualifier rebecca peterson 6-4 7-6 751 i just really like it here. i think all the conditions for the tournament are just great and i know that all the players enjoy to play here the ukrainian tsurenko said1