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 | Blake surprised del Potro in Stockholm20-10-2011 |
Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro eliminated in the second round of the tennis tournament in the Swedish capital of Stockholm with a prize of 600,000 euros. Second-seeded Del Potro lost twice in the race champion in 2005 and 2006 James Blake (USA) with 4:6, 4:6 for 87 minutes. 31-year-old American, served well and did not give any opportunity to break into your opponent. The former world number 4, who is now 69 and reached the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament for the first time this season.
Del Potro, who is 15th in world rankings, did lose his first match in Stockholm and in the second part after 2007. Blake in the quarterfinals will play the winner of the match between David Nalbandian (Argentina) and Ivan Dodig (Croatia). The tournament involved and the best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov, who will now go on the court in the second round against fourth-seeded Juan Ignacio Forehead at 13:00 CET.