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Juan Martin del Potros 6-1,7-6 (1) victory over Lukas Lacko at the SAP Open on Thursday put him through to the quarterfinals of a tournament for the first time since his career was derailed by a nagging wrist injury in 2010.
I’m happy to be in a tournament again after a year out. I’m improving my game slowly which is important for the future and for the season too.”
He will face two-time Grand Slam singles champion Lleyton Hewitt on Friday for a spot in the semifinals. Hewitt defeated del Potro in straight sets at Wimbledon in 2009,then lost to him in a tiebreaker in the third set in Washington,before Potro’s U.S. Open win.
The meeting will be the first between Grand Slam winners in San Jose since 2003,when Andre Agassi and Michael Chang met in the first round. “It’ll be a tough match,” said the 29-year-old Hewitt,who won Wimbledon in 2002 and the U.S. Open in 2001.
