Del Potro in comeback victory after 10 months out
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JUAN Martin Del Potro launched his comeback from a serious wrist injury with a convincing 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Sergiy Stakhovsky in the first round of the Sydney International yesterday.
The former US Open champion is ranked No. 338 after undergoing surgery on his left wrist last year and missing more than 10 months on tour.
He was granted a wild card to enter the main draw in Sydney, where he’s the defending champion, but appeared to be fit and sharp in beating 69th-ranked Stakhovsky in 88 minutes. He will face top-seeded Fabio Fognini in the second round.
“These guys are playing all year. It’s time to get back on the train again,” del Potro said.
It was del Potro’s second extended wrist injury layoff. After winning his only Grand Slam title at the 2009 US Open, he was sidelined for eight months.
Bernard Tomic, the 2014 Sydney finalist, needed only 43 minutes to beat Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-2.
In other men’s first-round matches, seventh-seeded Jeremy Chardy of France had a 6-4, 6-4 win over Sam Querrey, Canada’s Vasek Pospisil beat Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-3, 7-6 (4) and Viktor Troicki of Serbia ousted No. 8-seeded Martin Klizan of Slovakia 6-2, 6-3.
In women’s second-round matches, No. 2-seeded Petra Kvitova had a 6-1, 7-5 win over Peng Shuai of China on a day when top-seeded Simona Halep withdrew due to gastroenteritis.
Garbine Muguruza of Spain ousted third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 Fellow Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro beat sixth-seeded Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria advanced when America’s Madison Keys retired when trailing 4-1 in the second set.
Barbora Zhalavova Strycova of the Czech Republic ousted local hope, former US Open winner Samantha Stosur 7-6 (1), 6-2.
In the Hobart International, No. 5 seed American Sloane Stephens, lost to Britain’s Heather Watson 6-3, 6-1. No. 9-seed Roberta Vinci of Italy beat Annika Beck of Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 and Japan’s Kurumi Nara had a 7-6 (1), 6-4 win over Sweden’s Johanna Larsson.
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