THE HAGUE, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Juan Martin Del Potro won the 40th edition of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam on Sunday by defeating Frenchman Julien Benneteau 7-6 (2), 6-3 in the final.
The second seeded Argentinian only had trouble in the first set. Benneteau was able to break his service immediately, which meant the first break of the serve of Del Potro this tournament.
Del Potro, ranked seventh in the world, bounced back to get in front 5-3. Benneteau however, the world's number 39, was capable of a comeback as well to enforce a tiebreak, in which the Del Potro was the strongest: 7-2.
In the second set the 24-year-old Del Potro managed to break rapidly and he held that advantage until the end. He captured his 14th ATP tournament title and dealt the 31-year-old Benneteau his eighth defeat in as many ATP finals.
Last year Del Potro lost the final of Rotterdam's hard-court tournament to Roger Federer. The latter was ousted in the quarter-finals this year by Benneteau.