Fifth-seeded
Juan Martin del Potro has been eliminated from the Australian Open in the
biggest upset of the tournament this week, beaten 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 by
Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.
It was
Bautista Agut's first win in seven matches against a top 10 player, and del
Potro's fourth second-round exit in eight years at the season's first major.
The match
lasted 3 hours and 53 minutes and ended at 1:20 a.m. Friday after a long day of
match suspensions and delays due to extreme heat and storms.
