Del Potro beats Stepanek to reach the semifinal in Sydney

A good start of the season for Del Potro.

Juan Martin beats an always dangerous Radek Stepanek to reach the final in Sydney. The match against the Czech lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes with Juan Martin blasting 14 aces (3 for Stepanek) and scoring only 6 points more than his opponent (92 vs. 86).

In the semifinal Delpo will play world no.32 Dmitry Tursunov from Russia that has defeated Denis Istomin 7-6 (5) 6-2.  Head to head to is 2-0 for Juan Martin.

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