Saturday, January 24, 2009

Del Potro reaches quarter-finals

AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Venue: Melbourne Park Date: 19 January-1 February
Coverage: BBC Red Button, BBC One & Two (including all Andy Murray matches), Radio 5 Live sports extra, BBC Sport website (Red Button coverage streamed on website throughout fortnight)

Juan Martin Del Potro
Del Potro needed four sets to move past Cilic into the last eight

Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro battled past Croatian Marin Cilic in four sets to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Sunday.

Del Potro, seeded eighth, lost the first set to 19th seed Cilic, but came back strongly to win 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-2.

The 20-year-old will face either second seed Roger Federer or Czech 20th seed Tomas Berdych in the last eight.

Federer and Berdych meet later on Sunday, as do third seed Novak Djokovic and unseeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.

Seventh seed Andy Roddick's fourth-round tie with Spanish 21st seed Tommy Robredo completes Sunday's action in the men's singles.

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