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Juan Martín del Potro ((:ˈxwan maɾˈtin del ˈpotɾo), born 23 September 1988), often nicknamed Delpo, is an Argentine professional tennis player. His biggest achievement was winning the 2009 US Open, defeating Rafael Nadal in the semifinal and Roger Federer in the final. He was the first to defeat both Federer and Nadal during a major and was the only man outside the Big Four to win a major between the 2005 French Open and the 2013 US Open, a span of 35 tournaments. He is also the second Argentine and the fifth-youngest man to win the US Open in the Open Era. His other career highlight was winning the bronze medal in men's singles at the London Olympics in 2012. Del Potro achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the first time on 6 October 2008. In January 2010, he reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4, after which del Potro had to withdraw from most of the tournaments in 2010 due to a wrist injury.〔http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=1013782&s=ten&type=story〕〔(Juan Martin del Potro beats Bernard Tomic in Sydney final ), ''BBC Sport'', 11 January 2014〕 He is coached by Franco Davín. Having started playing tennis at the age of seven, del Potro won his first senior match in 2004 at the age of 15. In 2008, he became the first player in ATP history to win his first four career titles in as many tournaments.〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=17 August 2008 )〕 He also completed the second-longest winning streak in 2008, and the second longest by a teenager in the Open Era, behind Nadal—with his winning sequence spanning 23 matches over five tournaments.〔 ==Early life== Juan Martín del Potro was born in Tandil, Argentina. He is of Italian and Spanish descent. His father, Daniel del Potro, played semi-professional rugby union in Argentina and is a veterinarian.〔 His mother, Patricia, is a teacher and he has a younger sister named Julieta. He also had an elder sister who died when she was 8-years-old in a car accident.〔http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/juan-martin-del-potro-to-win-first-you-have-to-know-how-to-lose-2286506.html〕 Del Potro speaks Spanish, English and some Italian. Aside from tennis, he enjoys playing association football and supports the Boca Juniors team in Argentina and Juventus in Italy.〔 He would often dedicate time to both sports during his childhood, and Argentine-Italian international footballer Mauro Camoranesi remains a close friend of del Potro.〔 Del Potro began playing tennis at the age of seven with coach Marcelo Gómez (who also coached Tandil-born players Juan Mónaco, Mariano Zabaleta and Máximo González).〔 Del Potro's talent was discovered by Italian ex-tennis professional Ugo Colombini, who accompanied him through the initial phases of his young career, and is still today his agent and close friend. When questioned about his ambitions in tennis he replied, "I dream of winning a Grand Slam and the Davis Cup."〔 However, he has refused to participate in the Davis Cup several times. He is a Roman Catholic.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Juan Martín del Potro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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