Del Potro Fights Back to End Federer Winning Run Us Open Tennis Swiss Kingpin Dethroned by New Star

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JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO brought Roger Federer's five-year dominance at the US Open to an end at Flushing Meadows - and then pledged to work even harder to emulate the world No.1.

The 20-year-old sixth seed became the first man since fellow- Argentinian David Nalbandian in the 2003 fourth round to beat Federer here, winning a Grand Slam in his first final and breaking the Swiss star's 40-match winning streak.

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Del Potro Fights Back to End Federer Winning Run Us Open Tennis Swiss Kingpin Dethroned by New Star

Watched by 1977 champion Guillermo Vilas, the only other Argentinian to have won the US Open, an emotional del Potro sealed a 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 7...

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