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By Scoop Malinowski

You can talk all you want about forehands, backhands, serve percentages, etc etc etc. You can talk all you want about technical tennis aspects and tactics regarding tonight’s epic Roger Federer vs Juan Martin Del Potro showdown. But none of it matters.

There is only one thing that matters tonight and one factor that will determine the outcome of Roger vs Delpo.

It’s all about how many Argentines can pack Arthur Ashe Stadium tonight and sing and chant and inspire their hero to another epic victory, like the one he performed on grandstand two nights ago against Dominic Thiem from two sets down.

Del Potro is beloved around the world by all tennis fans but he is even more special to his own people of Argentina. And Del Potro raises his level to another dimension when his Argentine supporters are with him inside a stadium. Del Potro hears the love, feels the passion and then he creates his tennis magic. The Del Potro magic is a priceless, mysterious element that the USTA is trying to produce with millions of dollars of funding and player development.

Juan Martin Del Potro does not need to play his best tennis tonight to beat Roger Federer. He needs Ashe Stadium to be filled with about ten thousand Argentines dressed in blue and white and singing their sweet songs that can make a man move mountains or conquer a legend. If the Argentines arrive tonight and fill Ashe stadium with their magical energy and the power of love, there is no way Del Potro will lose.

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