Elsewhere, Katie Ledecky of the United States broke her own world record on the way to winning the women’s 400m freestyle gold medal, the first stage of a rare treble she hopes to complete in Rio.
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“The crowd always makes a special atmosphere. After all the effort I’ve put in to get back to playing tennis, I’ve defeated the number one”, Del Potro said. Tears of joy, of happiness, for the many people who supported me through my injury and also at this moment.
Del Potro hit 41 winners Sunday, 29 on his forehand.
Local Brazilian fans, happy to back Portuguese-speaking Sousa, jeered their rivals’ chants.
If Del Potro advances to the quarterfinals he would face either 10th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut or Gilles Muller. “I can not believe my match from last night (Sunday) and I already won another match at the Olympics”, said the 2009 US Open champion. “Today I was having breakfast at nine o’clock”, said the Argentine whose build-up to his match with Djokovic on Sunday had been marked by him getting stranded in an elevator for 40 minutes. “I never felt this support before apart from in my own country”, said Djokovic. Djokovic’s partner Zimonjic does too – the 13 ranked doubles player has won three Grand Slam doubles titles, two of them at Wimbledon.
A hugely hard match from both del Potro and Djokovic’s perspectives – each had the misfortune of drawing each other in the first round.
“I have played many matches and I have to take some rest in order to heal”.
Del Potro stuns Djokovic, Williams’ doubles dream ends was posted in Sports of TheNews International – https://www.thenews.com.pk on August 09, 2016 and was last updated on August 09, 2016.
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There was one blot on the day for Murray as he and brother Jamie were knocked out of the men’s doubles by Brazil’s Andre Sa and Thomaz Bellucci.
