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Comeback complete, Juan Martin del Potro finishes Roger Federer for Indian Wells title

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Sometime between his third and fourth wrist surgeries, feeling no relief from his debilitating pain and seeing little reason to believe he would regain the top-five form that brought him the U.S. Open title in 2009, Juan Martin del Potro considered retirement. His backhand was feeble. His spirit was broken.

After the fourth operation the pain began to ebb and he was able to rearrange the pieces of his game to compensate for the absence

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