Del Potro defeats Federer
The men's final at the U.S. Open was played Monday night due to rain over the weekend which delayed some of the matches. Both semis ended up being played on Sunday. Juan Martin del Potro beat Nadal very convincingly in the first one, and in the second one Roger Federer took out Novak Djokovic, also in straight sets. The final started at 4pm, and since I was still at work at that time, I had to listen to the broadcast over the internet rather than 
watching on TV. Federer won the first set 6-3 and was up a break in the second when I headed home. By the time I arrived and turned on the TV, the second set was in a tiebreaker. Evidently Del Potro broke back at some point in the set. He went on to win the tiebreaker. They were on serve in the third set until 4-5 when Del Potro double-faulted twice to allow Federer to break him and win the set. At this point I thought the match was over. But Del Potro played tough in the 4th set and got to a tiebreaker. Roger had a major error on the very first point of the tiebreak, double-faulting. He never recovered from that, and Del Potro took the 4th set. The final set seemed to be all Del Potro. He broke Federer early and went up 3-0. He finally ended the match by breaking Federer again at 5-2. Great match. Unfortunately, the award ceremony left much to be desired. Roger gave a nice little speech, and then Del Potro answered some questions before Dick Enberg started to talk about the prizes. Del Potro asked if he could say a few words in Spanish but was told that they were "running out of time". The poor guy was clearly crestfallen and did not care at all about the various prizes Enberg was describing. Del Potro asked again, and Enberg reluctantly allowed him to "quickly" say something in Spanish. How ridiculous that the U.S. Open champ is rushed through the ceremony so that CBS can acknowledge the sponsors and then get back to the regularly scheduled programming. Del Potro should have been allowed to talk as long as he wanted in Spanish. The ceremony was supposed to be all about him (and Federer), not all about the car and the prize money.
watching on TV. Federer won the first set 6-3 and was up a break in the second when I headed home. By the time I arrived and turned on the TV, the second set was in a tiebreaker. Evidently Del Potro broke back at some point in the set. He went on to win the tiebreaker. They were on serve in the third set until 4-5 when Del Potro double-faulted twice to allow Federer to break him and win the set. At this point I thought the match was over. But Del Potro played tough in the 4th set and got to a tiebreaker. Roger had a major error on the very first point of the tiebreak, double-faulting. He never recovered from that, and Del Potro took the 4th set. The final set seemed to be all Del Potro. He broke Federer early and went up 3-0. He finally ended the match by breaking Federer again at 5-2. Great match. Unfortunately, the award ceremony left much to be desired. Roger gave a nice little speech, and then Del Potro answered some questions before Dick Enberg started to talk about the prizes. Del Potro asked if he could say a few words in Spanish but was told that they were "running out of time". The poor guy was clearly crestfallen and did not care at all about the various prizes Enberg was describing. Del Potro asked again, and Enberg reluctantly allowed him to "quickly" say something in Spanish. How ridiculous that the U.S. Open champ is rushed through the ceremony so that CBS can acknowledge the sponsors and then get back to the regularly scheduled programming. Del Potro should have been allowed to talk as long as he wanted in Spanish. The ceremony was supposed to be all about him (and Federer), not all about the car and the prize money.
posted by Jeff Rosenberg @ 8:14 PM
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