Juan Martin del Potro shares nostalgic video of 2009 US Open win over Roger Federer: Watch

Argentinian tennis star Juan Martin del Potro retweeted a stalgic video this week from his 2009 US Open win over Swiss maestro Roger Federer. For Juan Martin del Potro, whose career has been plagued by injuries over last couple of years, 2009 US Open was a career-defining moment. At a time when re wasn't just a 'big three' but a 'big four', Juan Martin del Potro held his own amongst greats. 

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Juan Martin del Potro's historic 2009 season

year 2009 was Juan Martin del Potro's year. From start to finish, his career reached its zenith. Starting out year, Juan Martin del Potro won his first-ever Auckland Open Masters 250 title. Seeded 8th at Australian Open, he reached quarter-finals where he lost to n . 2 seed, Roger Federer. At Indian Wells Master 1000 event, Del Potro suffered a similar fate at hands of Rafael Nal, who was World . 1. Juan Martin del Potro avenged this loss at very next event - Miami Open - where he defeated Nal in quarter-finals. He went on to lose semi-final to Andy Murray. Del Potro suffered consecutive losses against Roger Federer at semi-finals of Mrid Open and French Open in 2009. 

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run-up to US Open 

He started his pre-US Open season with a title defence at Washington Open against .1 seed Andy Roddick. He also became first man since Andre Agassi to win consecutive titles at tournament. From re, del Potro went from strength to strength.

He defeated Nal and Roddick to reach final of Montreal Open which he lost to . 3 Andy Murray. Juan Martin del Potro was seeded sixth at  US Open 2009. He was in stellar form, but one would have predicted that we would go all way, least t while Murray, Nal and Federer were still in mix. Del Potro defeated 24th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, 16th seed Marin Cilic and third seed Rafael Nal to set up a final with Roger Federer. Del Potro h never won a match against Federer heing into this contest. 

In a humongous five-setter, 3–6, 7–6 (7–5), 4–6, 7–6 (7–4), 6–2 Del Potro won his first and only Grand Slam. With this win, Juan Martin del Potro became only person outside of Nal-Djokovic duo to defeat Federer in a Grand Slam final. He also broke Roger Federer's five-year-long US Open win streak and first to defeat both Nal and Federer in same tournament.  Del Potro finished 2009 as youngest player in ATP top 10 rankings.

After 2009

Del Potro fell out of top 250 in 2010 after a wrist injury. He h a few good years, winning a bronze medal at Olympics in 2012, and reached finals of Davis Cup. By 2013 he was back in top 5 of ATP rankings and reach his first Grand Slam semi-final in six years, at Wimbledon. After continued injuries, he came back to win a silver at 2016 Olympics and reached his second US Open final in 2018. He also reached a career-high ranking of . 3 in 2018. He has t played any major tournaments this year on account of having undergone knee surgery. 

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