Del Porto advance

Juan Martin del Potro held on to beat Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 today in his second round-robin match of the ATP World Tour Finals in London.



The fifth-ranked Argentine rebounded from his opening loss to Andy Murray at the season-ending tournament, trading powerful forehands and accurate backhands with Verdasco throughout the match.



However, Del Potro did waste two match points in the third set before winning in the tiebreaker.



Del Potro will likely have to beat Roger Federer on Thursday in his final match of the round-robin phase to advance to the semifinals.



Verdasco, with two losses, will face Murray.



Later, four-time champion Federer is scheduled to play Murray in the other Group ‘A’ match.