NEW YORK – They have chased each all over the globe, from Monte Carlo to Madrid, from Rome to Roland Garros. Thirty-seven matches, 23 finals, 14 cities, 12 Grand Slam events. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have engaged in the greatest rivalry in the history of tennis, but never on the courts of the U.S. Open. One man, above all, is the reason for that. He carries a forehand of steel and a name straight out of a romance novel.
Juan Martin del Potro, a giant in tennis at 6’6”, is a giant killer when it comes to Federer meeting Nadal in New York.