Juan Martin del Potro tops Andy Murray in five-hour five-setter in Davis Cup semifinals : tennis

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Juan Martin del Potro tops Andy Murray in five-hour five-setter in Davis Cup semifinals

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) Argentina was in sight of a first Davis Cup final since 2011 after taking a 2-0 lead over titleholder Britain thanks to singles wins by Juan Martin del Potro and Guido Pella in the semifinal on Friday.Del Potro ended Andy Murray's 14-match winning streak in the Davis Cup, coming through 6-4, 5-7, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 in 5 hours, 7 minutes to gain a measure of revenge after losing the Olympic final to Murray last month.It was the longest match of both players' careers.
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Juan Martín del Potro takes revenge for Olympics on Andy Murray in Davis Cup

A Davis Cup semi-final that began in nervous anticipation ended with heightened anxiety for Great Britain, who enter the second day 2-0 down and looking to a beaten, exhausted Andy Murray to rescue the cause in the doubles alongside his brother, Jamie, the day after their grandfather's funeral.When Kyle Edmund, the hero of the Belgrade quarter-final victory over Serbia in the absence of the world No2, failed to tame Guido Pella on Friday evening, the British bench and the rest of the stadium was littered with battered spirits.The elegant Argentinian left-hander was well worth his victory, striking with precision off the ground to come from behind and win 6-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in a minute over three hours.
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Argentina's Juan Martín del Potro beats Great Britain's Andy Murray in five-set Davis Cup epic before Kyle Edmund loses in Glasgow

GLASGOW, Scotland -- To describe Juan Martin del Potro's Davis Cup victory over Andy Murray as an 'instant classic' doesn't seem right.There was very little about this -- a match of five sets, five hours, and great, almost-operatic shifts in mood and momentum -- that could be thought of as instant.They were supposed to be reprising the Olympic final; instead, they only went and improved on it in the opening rubber of the semifinal between defending champions Great Britain and Argentina, by producing a match that was even longer on theatre, emotion and quality.
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Argentina's Del Potro beats Murray in Davis Cup epic

Glasgow - Juan Martin Del Potro shocked world number two Andy Murray in five sets to get Argentina off to a winning start in their Davis Cup World Group semi-final against holders Great Britain.The 27-year-old, playing his first Davis Cup singles rubber in four years, sealed victory 6-4, 5-7, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4 in just over five hours following an epic battle on the hard-court of the Emirates Arena in Glasgow on Friday.The resurgent Del Potro had to produce some of his best tennis to defeat the Scot, who missed his paternal grandfather's funeral to play the rubber, and gain some revenge for his Olympic final defeat in Rio de Janeiro last month.
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Juan Martin del Potro tops Andy Murray in five-hour five-setter in Davis Cup semifinals : tennis