Federico Delbonis is preparing for one of the biggest matches of his professional career….
The 22-year-old Argentine tennis player, a qualifier at the German Tennis Championships in Hamburg, defeated Spain’s Fernando Verdasco 6-7 (5), 7-6 (8), 6-4 to earn a spot in the semifinals of a tournament for only the second time in his career.
Delbonis, currently ranked No. 114 in the world, will next play the tournament’s top seed Roger Federer, who is ranked No. 5 in the world.
But reaching the semi-finals wasn’t exactly a breeze…
Delbonis had to stave off a pair of match points in the second set. He failed to serve out the match at 5-3; and then wasted two match points on Verdasco’s serve before the Spaniard double-faulted on the third.
Delbonis had previously reached his first ATP World semifinal at Stuttgart in 2011, losing to Juan Carlos Ferrero 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
It took two tiebreakers, but Federico Delbonis has managed to take down a champion to reach his first ATP World final… The 22-year-old Argentine tennis player, currently ranked No. 114 in the world, outplayed former World No. 1 Roger Federer 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4) Saturday in the semifinals of the…
The second time’s the charm for Federico Delbonis… Playing in only his second ATP final, the 23-year-old Argentine tennis player defeated Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Brazil Open final on Sunday to earn his first ATP title. Delbonis broke Lorenzi's serve to start the decisive set and…
Could the second time be the charm for Federico Delbonis? In a hard-fought semifinal match at the Brasil Open, the 23-year-old professional tennis player defeated home-crowd favorite Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 in 2 hours, 9 minutes to reach a title match for only the second time in his…
