Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro jumped to sixth place after he stunned Federer 6-4, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (2) to win his first Indian Wells title on Sunday.
Del Potro, who lost to Roger Federer on Sunday in the Swiss Indoors final, is in 10th place in the race to qualify for the season-ending tournament.
he top-seeded Federer succeeded on the same court where he lost the 2012 and 2013 Basel finals to del Potro.
Roger Federer cruised past David Goffin in straight sets 6-1, 6-2 in the Swiss Indoors semifinals on Saturday to reach an 11th straight final when playing at his hometown event.
Del Potro tumbled on the court at 2-2 in the third set against Viktor Troicki and instinctively tried to break the fall with his left wrist in the quarterfinal in Shanghai on Friday.
Nadal is 57-9 this season and leads the tour with five ATP singles titles, including the French Open and US Open.
Key Biscayne, Florida: Juan Martin del Potro's latest comeback from an injury is off to a slow start, and he's OK with that.Playing his first match since Jan. 15, del Potro lost Thursday to Vasek
Key Biscayne, Florida: Lauren Davis defeated Zhang Shuai of China 6-2, 6-3 at the Sony Open on Wednesday as former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro withdrew with a left wrist injury. The 20-year-old
Dubai: Wildcard Somdev Devvarman entered the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships here Tuesday after second seed Juan Martin del Potro was forced to retire mid-way with an injury. Devvarman had won
Sydney: Bulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova beat fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-4, 6-4 on Friday to win her first WTA title at the Sydney International. Pironkova, who was ranked outside the top 100 despite reaching
Sydney: Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro will meet reigning champion Bernard Tomic in the final of the Sydney International. The 2009 U.S. Open champion had 6-4, 6-2 semifinal win Friday over fourth-seeded Dmitry Tursunov. Tomic
Sydney: Second-seeded Petra Kvitova suffered an upset 6-4, 6-3 loss to Bulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova in the semifinals of the Sydney International on Thursday. Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, was broken twice in the first
Sydney: Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro beat Czech veteran Radek Stepanek 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Thursday to set up a Sydney International semifinal against Russia's Dmitry Tursunov. Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion who
Sydney: Former U.S. Open champions Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina and Samantha Stosur of Australia rallied to win their second-round matches against tough French opponents Wednesday at Australian Open warm-up tournaments. Del Potro beat
Buenos Aires: Argentina's tennis player Juan Martin del Potro, fifth place in the ATP world ranking, announced Friday that he will not play the first series of Davis Cup next January.The Argentine player said he
Paris: Defending champion David Ferrer, Juan Martin del Potro and Stanislas Wawrinka moved into the third round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday.Ferrer overcame Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 6-0, 2-6, 6-3, del Potro
Basel, Switzerland: Juan Martin del Potro denied Roger Federer his hometown Swiss Indoors title for the second straight year, winning the final 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4 on Sunday.The top-seeded Argentine clinched the title when Federer
Shanghai: Argentine sixth seeded, Juan Martin del Potro amazed his fans after beating World No.1 Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinals here.With the vital win on Saturday, Del Potro also confirmed his berth in
Shanghai: Juan Martin del Potro and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga moved a step closer for qualifying for the ATP Finals with quarterfinal wins at the Shanghai Masters here on Friday.Del Potro defeated Spain's Nicolas Almagro by 6-3,
Shanghai: Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro beats Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber to advance to the third round of the Shanghai Masters with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory on Wednesday.The sixth-seeded Argentine had also won at
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