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STEPANEK KNOCKS DEL POTRO OUT

Juan Martin Del Potro has been defeated in the second round of the Rogers cup by Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic. The Argentinean star, who had won the Bronze medal in the London Olympics a few days ago, looked completely out of touch in the match. He looked tired and Stepanek defeated him easily. The Czech player won the match in the straight sets by 6-4, 7-6(5). He took 1 hour and 50 minutes to defeat Del Potro.

In the very first game of the match, Del Potro’s service was broken. Stepanek held his service in the next game to make the score 2-0. In the next five games, both the players held their service and at the end of the seventh game, the score was 4-3. Del Potro made the set interesting by breaking the service of Stepanek in the eighth game. Read more »