Del Potro against Nadal in the semifinals
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Juan Martin Del Potro qualifies for the Roland Garros semi-finals, where he will face the ten-time Paris champion Rafael Nadal. The Argentine has won a challenging clash with Marin Chilic after 7:6 (5), 5:7, 6:3, 7:5. The duel yesterday was interrupted by rain and was renewed today at 5:5 in the tiebreak of the first set, which Del Potro won after two quick points. At the end of the second set, Juan Martin had a clash with a spectator. If he could break his opponent, he made a double mistake and Cilic broke through. After the game via rugby tips the Argentine went to the spectator and angrily made him. Then he exchanged a few words with the judge before he broke his racket with anger. There were two more breaks before the Croatian to take the set.
Del Potro was lagging behind in the third part but managed to turn things around. In a disputed fourth set, he beat for 6:5 after Cilic sent backhand out and then seamlessly closed the game. After reaching the first semi-final in Paris in 2009, the Argentine could not hide his emotions and with tears in his eyes said, `It`s hard to speak until Susan Lengglen`s fans chanted Delpo, Delpo. The 29-year-old tennis player overcame three operations on the left wrist and climbed to number 6 in the world. For the upcoming semifinal with Nadal, against whom he has five wins in 14 games, but none of them on clay, Delpo said:`This is a challenge everyone would want to have. I do not know if I will win, but I will accept the great love from you and this is the most important thing for me.
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