Federer Back from 2 Sets Down to Beat Del Potro

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Roger Federer survived his most serious test of this year's French Open on Tuesday, coming back from two sets down to beat Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro in their quarterfinal.

Roger Federer survived his most serious test of this year's French Open on Tuesday, coming back from two sets down to beat Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro in their quarterfinal.

The Swiss third seed dug deep to overturn a two-set deficit and record a 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-0 win over Del Potro, a repeat of their semifinal result in 2009, when Federer went on to win his only Roland Garros title to date.

The two hit 43 unforced errors each, but, tellingly, Federer produced nearly double Del Potro's 33 winners.

Federer has dropped a set in each of his five matches so far except the opener against German qualifier Tobias Kamke.

In the semifinal, Federer faces the winner of Novak Djokovic's quarterfinal with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, which was also heading into a fifth-set decider late Tuesday.

The other semifinal is determined Wednesday, when fourth seed Andy Murray faces Spain's David Ferrer, the sixth seed; and Rafael Nadal continues his mission for a seventh Roland Garros title against another Spaniard, 12th seed Nicolas Almagro.

In the women's draw, Australia's Sam Stosur and Italy's Sara Errani set up a semifinal clash after both breezed through their respective quarterfinals.

Sixth-seeded Stosur, a Roland Garros finalist in 2010, swept aside Dominika Cibulkova with surprising ease 6-4, 6-1.

The Slovakian Cibulkova, seeded 15, had dumped world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka out of the tournament in the previous round, and was mooted as a dark horse for the title.

Errani, meanwhile, ousted a higher seed for the second time in the draw, downing Germany's 10th seed Angelique Kerber 6-3, 7-6 (2). She had earlier taken care of Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, the 13th seed, in the third round.

The other quarterfinals pit Wimbledon champion Petrova Kvitova against Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova, who slayed reigning champion Li Na in the fourth round; and Estonia's Kaia Kanepi against Maria Sharapova, the second seed.

 

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