10.09.2017
The Argentine, who lifted the trophy in NY in 2009, has been a Flushing Meadows favourite and needed all the support he could get against Austrian sixth seed Dominic Thiem . Del Potro , whose career has been repeatedly interrupted by wrist surgeries and rehab, now finds himself facing Federer yet again in NY. Del Potro clinched his win with a driving forehand down the line that the Swiss could not touch.