Injured Del Potro recovers to crush Ferrer


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 04 Jul 2013

David Ferrer of Spain (R) hits a return during his men's quarter-final tennis match against Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London July 3, 2013. REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON (Reuters) - Argentine Juan Martin del Potro recovered from a horrible early fall to overpower David Ferrer 6-2 6-4 7-6(5) and reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time on Wednesday.

The towering eighth seed said he had been on the verge of pulling out when he injured his already-bandaged left knee after skidding on the fifth point of the match and crashing down in a heap.

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