A preview of the championship match from ATP Delray Beach between Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina and Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia.
Juan Martin Del Potro and Janko Tipsarevic are the two survivors at ATP Delray Beach and they are scheduled to meet in Sunday's championship final.
For Del Potro the match is a chance to get back into the winner's circle as he has not won a singles title since making his comeback from his wrist injury in 2010. For Tipsarevic the match is his opportunity to end a career long title drought as the 26 year old has never lifted a championship trophy in singles play at the tour level.
The two players have only met one time and so there is not a lot of insight to be gained from their head to head history. Del Potro won that match in the second round of the ATP Miami Masters in 2009 however their recent form at Delray Beach might provide more insight into who is going to win Sunday's final.
Del Potro is the player on better form at the moment as he is into the championship match at Delray Beach having not lost a set. Tipsarevic lost a set early in the tournament to Blaz Kavcic and the Serbian has also been extended to a tiebreaker. Del Potro, on the other hand, has won each set he's played by at least one break.
In the semifinals both players cruised in straight sets but Del Potro had a tougher opponent in Mardy Fish as Tipsarevic dealt with the inexperienced Kei Nishikori.
Prediction: Del Potro wins in straight sets.
The Order of Play for Sunday February 27th features the double's final first with the men's singles final to follow:
ORDER OF PLAY - SUNDAY, 27 FEBRUARY, 2011
STADIUM start 1:00 pm
S Lipsky (USA) / R Ram (USA) vs C Kas (GER) / A Peya (AUT)
3:00 PM
[6] J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs J Del Potro (ARG)
