Juan Martin del Potro, seeded seventh at the Italian Open in Rome, made major news in taking in a Mass at the Vatican on Wednesday and also sharing a meet-and-greet with the recently elected leader of ...

At the beginning, he resembled a plodding, hunch-shouldered, heavy-footed gentle giant, as long as a black Crayola crayon, consistently flummoxed by an opponent who strikes like a cobra from anywhere ...

UPDATE: According to the USTA, del Potro is already back to hitting and will attempt to play in the U.S. Open. The good news: Juan Martin del Potro has mapped out his return to tennis. The bad news: ...

You sit there on Stadium Court in the blazing Florida sunshine wondering if a tennis ball ever has been hit harder. Juan Martin del Potro, at 6-feet-6, and Robin Soderling, at 6-4, are big men, and ...