The Argentine, who lifted the trophy in New York in 2009, has been a Flushing Meadows favorite and needed all the support he could get against Austrian sixth seed Dominic Thiem.
“I‘m getting good energy from the crowd in every match,” he had said before his 1-6 2-6 6-1 7-6(1) 6-4 win on Grandstand court.The 24th-seed, whose career has been plagued by multiple injuries, said he was about to retire when he drew some energy from the crowd as Thiem was cruising to victory.“I was thinking to retire in the middle of the second set because I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t move well,” said Del Potro, who called the doctor twice during the opening set.
“Dominic was dominating the match so easy.”Del Potro started to play better, and a break early in the third set gave him the extra confidence he needed to believe in his chances.
Source: Flushing Meadows darling Del Potro thanks crowd for epic win
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