But when David Ferrer and Juan Martin del Potro square off on centre court, the tournament's dream spectacle arrives one match early. Del Potro, world No 12, will be favoured to prevail after his 7-6 (4) 6-3 win over Russia's Karen Khachanov. When I beat Juan Martin del Potro I was top 10 now the top 10 is him and not me. Now he is the favourite player to win this tournament but I will fight to be in the final," Ferrer said. Del Potro won the last two meetings with Ferrer at the 2016 US Open and Wimbledon but, within himself, Ferrer feels a different man to the past two years.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 11, 2018 19:30 UTC