There were a few news stories coming out of Madrid Masters yesterday. One funny one was how Tomic decided to try to defend match point with his handle first against Fognini. He had obviously already given up the match. It was possibly just one of those days where it felt as easy (read: difficult) to play tennis with a baseball bat as a tennis racquet. The big news story however was how Del Potro won his biggest match since his long injury lay-off, beating Thiem 7-6 6-3. It was obvious how much a win like that meant to him when …
