Sixth seed Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina ended the U.S. Open semifinal hopes of Croatian 16th seed Marin Cilic 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.
Juan Martin Del Potro celebrates a point against Marin Cilic during their quarterfinals U.S. Open match Thursday.
Del Potro kept unforced errors to 24, less than half Cilic's 53, and converted all of his break points in their quarterfinal match on Thursday. Del Potro, reaching his first U.S. Open semifinals, will face either Fernando Gonzalez or Rafael Nadal, whose quarterfinal match was suspended Thursday night because of rain.
Eleventh seed Gonzalez of Chile and number three seed Nadal of Spain were in their 2nd straight tie-breaking set, with Nadal leading 7-6 (7-4), 6-6 (3-2) when play was suspended.
Nadal, the six-time grand slam winner and reigning Australian Open champion, has been coming off a two-month lay-off due to knee tendinitis, a break that kept him from defending his 2008 Wimbledon crown. Gonzalez's best prior performance at the U.S. Open was as a quarterfinalist in 2002, and he was a semifinalist at the French Open this year.
Juan Martin Del Potro celebrates a point against Marin Cilic during their quarterfinals U.S. Open match Thursday.
Del Potro kept unforced errors to 24, less than half Cilic's 53, and converted all of his break points in their quarterfinal match on Thursday. Del Potro, reaching his first U.S. Open semifinals, will face either Fernando Gonzalez or Rafael Nadal, whose quarterfinal match was suspended Thursday night because of rain.
Eleventh seed Gonzalez of Chile and number three seed Nadal of Spain were in their 2nd straight tie-breaking set, with Nadal leading 7-6 (7-4), 6-6 (3-2) when play was suspended.
Nadal, the six-time grand slam winner and reigning Australian Open champion, has been coming off a two-month lay-off due to knee tendinitis, a break that kept him from defending his 2008 Wimbledon crown. Gonzalez's best prior performance at the U.S. Open was as a quarterfinalist in 2002, and he was a semifinalist at the French Open this year.
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