Down two sets to love, 15-15 in the first game of the third set against Marin Cilic, Juan Martin del Potro found himself in a tricky spot last Sunday. If Argentina’s Del Potro had lost that match, Croatia would have won the title. Making his umpteenth comeback of sorts into professional tennis this year, Del Potro, a chronically injured, fragile player, could have dug deep and battled it out. Apart from their relative successes this year—Murray has nine titles, including Wimbledon and the Olympic gold, and Del Potro was ranked 1,045 in early February; he finished November at world No. Del Potro got himself an extra sheen of heroism, which will hopefully continue to shine in 2017.

Source: Mint December 03, 2016 17:56 UTC