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Juan Martin del Potro #28 def. Roger Federer #3

7-5 3-6 7-6(8) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 2017*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	7-5 3-6 7-6(8) 6-4
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 50m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Roger Federer
Aces	12	17
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	67	61
First serve points won %	81	73
Second serve points won %	51	57
Break points saved %	33	50
Break points converted %	50	67
Service points won %	71	66
Return points won %	34	29
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Roger Federer
Country	ARG	SUI
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Aug 8, 1981
Age	28	36
Height	198	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	28	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,460	7,145
Elo (entering)	2,091	2,400
Career W-L	416–172	1,206–267
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 5 – 15 Roger Federer

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2017	R16	Dominic Thiem	1-6 2-6 6-1 7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2017	R32	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2017	R64	Adrian Menendez Maceiras	6-2 6-3 7-6(3)	W	—	Match data
Aug 30, 2017	R128	Henri Laaksonen	6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2017	SF	Rafael Nadal	6-4 0-6 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2017	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-4 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2017	R32	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2017	R64	Mikhail Youzhny	6-1 6-7(3) 4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2017	R128	Frances Tiafoe	4-6 6-2 6-1 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data