Tomas Berdych or Juan Martin Del Potro: Who Will Be a Bigger Threat in 2013?

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Published: October 4, 2012

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Tied at one set all, Juan Martin Del Potro and Tomas Berdych were exchanging long rallies, as darkness loomed over Court Suzanne Lenglen during the middle Sunday of the 2012 French Open. 

Del Potro won the pivotal third set 6-3 and play was suspended as it was well past 9 p.m. local time. The next day Del Potro came out the stronger player, and after exchanging breaks, broke Berdych again at love during the 12th game to book himself in the quarterfinals for the second time in his career in Paris with a 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory. 

Overall, the 2012 season was a success for both top 10 players, each making comebacks of sorts, with Del Potro recovering from his 2010 wrist injury and continuing to improve after a rebuilding 2011 season, and Berdych overcoming a summer slump, losing early at Wimbledon and the Olympics, to reaching “Super Saturday” at the US Open. 

Berdych and Del Potro also have the all-around game to take out the favorites in major tournaments, and Del Potro has gone a step further because of his Grand Slam title, the 2009 US Open. 

The big question for the 2013 is, which one of these players can disrupt the "Big Four" order? 

 

Case for Berdych 

The talented and sometimes controversial Czech (see this year’s Australian Open, or his 2006 Rafael Nadal incident in Madrid) has the game to outplay the world’s best with his massive serve and forehand. His biggest career highlights include a semifinal at the 2010 French Open, taking out Roger Federer at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and again at this year’s US Open. In both of those meetings, Federer seemed out of sorts, not matching the level of play Berdych was producing. 



However, Berdych doesn’t have the same mental strength displayed by the top of the men’s game. That was apparent in his match against Andy Murr...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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