NEW YORK: Lana Del Rey has admitted that criticism of her work makes her want to turn to alcohol. The singer confessed that the pressure of making music isn’t healthy for her ongoing battle with alcoholism, from which she has suffered since her early teens. “I feel like my work’s ...

INDIAN WELLS - Juan Martin del Potro toppled Andy Murray on Friday to book a semi-final showdown with World No. 1 Novak Djokovic at the Indian Wells Masters.Del Potro, ranked seventh in the world and the seventh seed in this combined ATP and WTA tournament, beat World No. 3 Murray 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, ...

ROTTERDAM - Juan Martin del Potro underlined his indoor credentials as he overcame a bleeding nose to beat Frenchman Julien Benneteau 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 in the Rotterdam Open final on Sunday. Del Potro, the 2009 US Open winner, claimed his fourth trophy indoors but had to play the last game with a ...

ROTTERDAM  - Juan Martin delPotro spent just over an hour in reaching the second round of the Rotterdam World Tennis tournament as he dispatched France's Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday.The second seeded Argentinian is keen to improve on last year's loss in the final to Roger Federer in what ...

BASEL  - Juan Martin del Potro earned his revenge after six losses this season to hometown hero Roger Federer when he won the Swiss Indoors title, 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/3) on Sunday.The upset victory over the top seed in two and three-quarter hours denied world number one Federer a sixth ...

VIENNA  - Juan Martin del Potro defeated Slovenian qualifier Grega Zemlja 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday to win his first title at the Austrian Open and improve his standing in the race to the year-end championships.The Argentine top seed made a triumphant comeback form one month away with a left wrist ...

VIENNA  - Top seed Juan Martin Del Potro marked his return to tennis after a month-long injury absence on Wednesday with a three-hour victory over German qualifier Daniel Brands to reach the Austrian Open third round.The Argentine defeated Brands 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (8/6) in a match ...

VIENNA  - Juan Del Potro is optimistic about his chances to qualify for the year-end World Tour Finals next month as the top seed prepared on Tuesday to begin his autumn indoor campaign at the Austrian Open.The Argentine stands provisional seventh in a season points chase which has three more ...

ESTORIL (AFP) - Juan Martin del Potro celebrated the start of his pre-French Open campaign with a 6-1, 6-0 hammering of Portugal’s Rui Machado to reach the quarter-finals of the Estoril Open on Thursday. Del Potro, the top seed and defending champion, was playing an ATP match on the surface ...

BUENOS AIRES : Juan Martin del Potro and David Nalbandian will play for Argentina in the April 6-8 Davis Cup quarter-final against Croatia, according to team captain Martin Jaite. "We've already thought about lining up Del Potro and Nalbandian on the first day and, all being well, we'll stick to ...

ROTTERDAM  - Juan Martin del Potro mowed down a surprisingly listless Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-1 to reach the final of the Rotterdam Open on Saturday. The Argentine third seed needed just an hour and a quarter as he handed Berdych a first defeat indoors this season, following an eight-game winning ...

LONDON (AFP) - Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro enjoyed a winning return to grass as the Argentine beat Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 6-4, 6-2 in the first round at Queen's on Tuesday. Del Potro was playing his first match on grass since Wimbledon in 2009 after missing most of the 2010 ...

SAN JOSE (Agencies) - Juan Martin del Potro turned the first match up of former Grand Slam champions at the SAP Open in eight years into a mismatch, beating Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-3. Del Potro took another step on his comeback from a debilitating wrist injury by beating the Australian and moving ...

MIAMI (AFP) Serena Williams and Juan Martin Del Potro have withdrawn from the upcoming ATP and WTA hardcourt tournament here with injuries, organizers said Friday. Argentinas Del Potro had hoped to be back but is still nursing a wrist injury that wrecked his Australian Open campaign. Last years US ...

Juan Martin del Potro ended Roger Federer's run of dominance at the U.S. Open on Monday, stunning the top-ranked Swiss great in five sets to win in his first Grand Slam final. The 20-year-old Argentine prevailed 3-6, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 to snap Federer's streak of five straight U.S. Open ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - India's Somdev Devvarman took the greatest victory of his life by shocking sixth seed Marin Cilic while defending champion Juan Martin Del Potro struggled to advance Tuesday at the Washington Classic. Devvarman avenged a Chennai finals loss to Cilic by upsetting the Croatian ...

MELBOURNE (AFP) - An invincible Roger Federer moved a step closer to a record-equalling 14th Grand Slam title Tuesday as Novak Djokovic's defence of his Australian Open crown ended in misery. The Swiss star was in awesome form as he thrashed young Argentine pretender Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-0, ...

MADRID (AFP) - Alessandro del Piero proved Real Madrid's tormentor in chief once again scoring both goals as Juventus defeated the Spanish champions 2-0 on Wednesday to book their place in the Champions League last 16. The 33-year-old scored in Juventus' 2-1 win over Real in Turin and an ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro on Friday denied David Ferrer a chance to defend his Japan Open title, beating the top seed in straight sets in the quarter-finals. The 20-year-old Del Potro - ranked 12th in the world after a blistering summer that saw him win four titles - ...