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Top seed Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina will play
American Sam Querrey into Saturday's Heineken Open tennis
final.
Querrey has scored a comeback 3-6 6-3 7-6 victory over second
seed David Ferrer of Spain, while Del Potro overwhelmed third seed
Robin Soderling of Sweden 6-4 6-3.
Querrey lost the first set and broke Ferrer when the Spaniard was
serving for the match in the third set to win 7-4 in the third set
tiebreak.
Ferrer showed his trademark speed around the court and retrieving
skills and appeared likely to overcome Querrey, whose first serve
percentage was well down on what it was in his quarterfinal victory
over Nicolas Almagro on Thursday.
But Querrey produced the goods when it mattered, breaking Ferrer
when he was serving for the match in the third set, and did not
lose a point on his serve in the tiebreaker.
Del Potro, ranked number nine in the world, was in almost total
control against Soderling.
He did not give up a single break point to Soderling and was
particularly harsh on the Swede's second serve, winning 23 of the
29 points on Soderling's second serve.
The Argentine outserved Soderling with 10 aces to two, was powerful
on his forehand and showed some deft touches on the occasions he
went to the net.
Del Potro is be seeking his fifth title while Querrey seeks
his second.
