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Helene Elliott: Juan Martin del Potro reaches deep inside to advance in US Open

NEW YORK - His face was paler than the white stripe on the Argentine flag. Juan Martin del Potro, beset by a fever for two days, looked as if he belonged in bed and not on a tennis court to face No. 6 seed Dominic Thiem in the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Monday night. His performance in the first two sets was ghastlier than his appearance: He won only three games and seemed in danger of collapsing in a sweaty heap at

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