Juan Martin del Potro headed to a hospital for a scan on his left wrist after a nasty fall while winning his quarter-final at the Shanghai Masters.
Del Potro tumbled at 2-2 in the third set against Viktor Troicki of Serbia and instinctively tried to break the fall with his left wrist. Del Potro, who has undergone surgery on both wrists, conferred with a trainer as he repeatedly shook his wrist.
Del Potro ended up breaking Troicki’s serve in that fifth game and prevailed 4-6 6-1 6-4.
“I don’t know how my wrist is after I fell down,” del Potro said before leaving for a local hospital. “I felt something wrong in that moment, but I continued to play, just playing slices just to finish the match. I’m going to the hospital to see what the MRI says, and what the doctor says.
“Then I will take a decision for tomorrow. I would like to play and be 100 per cent.”
He will face Roger Federer in his third semi-final of the year
Federer powered past Frenchman Richard Gasquet 7-5 6-4.
The world No.2 broke Gasquet at 5-5 to gain the advantage and went on to take the first set. Federer claimed two more breaks in the next to seal the deal in an hour and 18 minutes.
Earlier, Rafael Nadal tied Andre Agassi for sixth place on the all-time list of wins in the open era when he reached the semi-finals.
Topping Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-4 6-7 (7-6) 6-3 was his 870th match win. Nadal also improved his win streak to 15 having won the China Open last week. In Beijing, he defeated Dimitrov in a three-set semi-final.
Nadal has yet to drop serve in Shanghai.
Dimitrov extended the quarter-final to a third set when he rebounded from a 4-2 deficit to win the second-set tiebreaker.
In the third set, Nadal saved the one break point he faced in the match in the fifth game, and broke serve in the sixth to set up victory.
“Winning a lot of matches in a row, so I’m very happy for everything,” Nadal said. “Of course, being able to win the US Open, Beijing, and being in the semi-finals here … I have to try to keep focus and hold that momentum. We’ll see tomorrow if I can have another good day.”
Marin Cilic stands between Nadal and a second ATP final in two weeks.
Cilic advanced to his first Shanghai semi-final by beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain 6-3 6-4.
