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 | Del Potro and Hewitt meet in a quarterfinal in San Jose11-02-2011 |
Argentine tennis player Juan Martin del Potro will face one of his idols - Lleyton Hewitt in the quarterfinals of the tournament in San Jose.
22-year-old Del Potro beat Slovakian Lukas Latsko 6-1, 7-6 (1) per hour and 39 minutes of the second round, while Hewitt remove Brian Dabul 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 earlier in the day . Del Potro, who missed almost all of 2010 because of wrist injury, reached the quarterfinals of the tournament for the first time since November 2009.
"My goal is not to win tournaments, although I would be happy if I do. I want to improve your game with every match. Tomorrow I will have the opportunity to play against one of the best players in history. It is one of my idols so that it would be very nice moment for me, "said the Argentine after his victory.
Hewitt also spoke kindly about his upcoming opponent. "He's a classy player. He returned from injury, so it has not played enough tennis, but if you play as you will be very tough match," said Australian, said.
The remaining results from San Jose:
Verdasco - Karlovic 7-5, 7-5
Istomin - Russell 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4)
Shmichek - Nishikori 6-4, 3-6, 6-1