To the delight of the home supporters, Juan Martin Del Potro came up with the here today. The Argentine was on song as he destroyed the Czech Radek Stepanek in straight sets. He wraped this match in 2 hours and 41 minutes. With 5 breaks of serve in the match, Del Potro dominated the entire match and showed his fighting back abilities when he back from behind in the second set. All in all a great, compact performance by the tall, lanky Argentine.

Del Potro took the first after a stiff battle that lasted for an hour. Del Potro took the initiative and got rewarded in the ninth game. Stepanek failed to take his chances and paid the price. That mad it 1 sets to love for the Argentine.

The Argentine took the second courtesy the one single break he got in the second set. With some fine serves and some great hitting, the lanky Argentine took full control of the set after a trailing 1-3, down a break. Stepanek looked rather disappointed with the line calls and lost concentration to end up losing the set.

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The third set was a lot less competitive, Del Potro was in the ascendancy already and took full control of the set. The Argentine broke serve in the third and fifth game taking the set early at the score of 6-2.