テニスのグランドスラム大会である全仏オープン（フランス/パリ、クレー）は大会１１日目の３日、男子シングルス準々決勝が行われ、第５シードのＪ・Ｍ・デル=ポトロ（アルゼンチン）が、第１６シードのＴ・ロブレド（スペイン）を6-3, 6-4, 6-2で下し、キャリア初のグランドスラム準決勝に進出した。
２０歳のデル=ポトロは、昨年のＵＳオープンと今季の全豪オープンではそれぞれ準々決勝で敗退していたが、この日は１４本のサービスエースと３６本のウィナーを決めると、試合を通じて４度のブレークに成功、さらにロブレドに１度もブレークを許さない内容でベスト８の壁を破った。
アルゼンチン人男子として、２００６年のＤ・ナルバンディアン（アルゼンチン）以来となるメジャー大会４強入りを果たしたデル=ポトロは、第２シードのＲ・フェデラー（スイス）と決勝進出を争う。デル=ポトロとフェデラーは過去５度の対戦があるが、その全てでフェデラーが勝利している上、デル=ポトロは１セットも獲っていない。
決勝に進出するためには、どうしてもフェデラーから初勝利を上げなければならないデル=ポトロだが、一歩でフェデラーの全仏オープン初制覇を見たいという気持ちも持っているようだ。「みんなロジャーに今大会で勝ってもらいたいだろう。もし僕が優勝できないのであれば、次の日曜日にトロフィーを掲げた彼を見てみたいね。」と、実はフェデラーのファンであることを明かした。
デル=ポトロはここまでの５試合でわずかに１セットしか失っていないものの、決して順調ではないようだ。「全部の試合でとても緊張するし、本当に試合をコントロールしていない。なぜなら、両足が本当に張っているんだ。多分、外からでは分からないだろうけど、とても張っている。」とコメントを残した。", "Ｊ・Ｍ・デル=ポトロ (5) ○-× Ｔ・ロブレド (16), 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
TALL HURDLE: One of Ｒ・フェデラー's fans at Roland Garros is his
next opponent, Juan Martin del Potro.
The 6-foot-6 Argentine advanced to his first Grand Slam
semifinal Wednesday and earned a shot at Federer by beating
Ｔ・ロブレド of Spain 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
Del Potro is hoping whoever wins his match against Federer will
go all the way.
""Everybody wants Roger to win this tournament,"" del Potro said.
""If I can't win this tournament, I want to see, next Sunday,
Roger with the trophy.""
The fifth-seeded del Potro has lost only one set through five
matches and dominated against Robredo, even though he never felt
comfortable.
""I was very nervous all match, and I never managed to really get
in the match because my legs were really tense,"" del Potro said.
""Maybe you couldn't see that from the outside, but I was pretty
tense.""
Juan Martín del Potro breezed into his first Grand Slam championship semi-final Wednesday with a performance that was full of confidence and maturity against No. 16 seed Tommy Robredo of Spain at Roland Garros.
The fifth-seeded Argentine avoided a repeat of his 2008 US Open (l. to Murray) and 2009 Australian Open (l. to Federer) quarter-final exits with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win in two hours and seven minutes.
At 20 years of age, the youngest player left in the singles draw must now reverse a five-match losing streak against Roger Federer if he is to continue his dream of emulating Guillermo Vilas and Gaston Gaudio as a Roland Garros champion.
Del Potro hit 36 winners as his extra weight of shot – particularly on his serve and forehand – pinned Robredo behind the baseline for much of the pair’s second meeting. The Argentine faced his first test on serve in an epic fourth game of the second set, when he fought back from 0-40 in a game of seven deuces.
In a nervous final game, del Potro converted his fifth match point with a forehand winner for his 31st win of the year (31-8 record). He fired 14 aces past Robredo and won 46 of 51 points on his first serve, while Robredo failed to convert any of his seven break point opportunities and committed 26 unforced errors.
Del Potro is the first Argentine to reach a Grand Slam semi-final since David Nalbandian at Roland Garros in 2006. He is the eighth Argentine to reach the last four in the Open Era.
Robredo, had previously lost in the Roland Garros quarter-finals in 2003 (l. to Costa), 2005 (l. to Davydenko), and 2007 (l. to Federer). He dropped to a 9-34 lifetime record against Top 5 players.
The 27 year old dropped to 25-7 on clay courts and 32-11 overall this year. He won two ATP World Tour titles at Costa do Sauipe and Buenos Aires in February.
（2009年6月4日11時39分）
【速報中】島袋将vsアリス 
