How many Slams will the newly crowned US Open champ take down?

Ranked 5th in the world, Juan Martin Del Potro is already a big player on the men's tour and, since he will only be 21 on September 23rd, he looks like he is going to be a big player for quite some time.  In fact, in Del Potro we might actually be looking at a phenom near the start of an illustrious career.

Time will tell.

If we look back instead of forward for a moment what we see is that Del Potro has made steady improvement throughout his career, improvement that culminated in a Grand Slam victory at the 2009 US Open.  With that you have to think that Del Potro will either maintain his current level of play or improve even more. 

One important thing to note about Del Potro is that he has already had success and yet he is the youngest player in the men's top 10 (in the top 15 Marin Cilic is younger but only by 5 days).

Looking ahead to 2010 for this young star, bet365 has made a special betting offer on Del Potro.  They are offering betting lines to challenge tennis fans to predict how many exact Slams Del Potro will win.  Here are those prices:

2010 Grand Slams - Juan Martin Del Potro Wins

NONE, -150 (2/3)
ONE, +150 (3/2)
TWO, +750 (15/2)
THREE, +3300 (33/1)
FOUR, +12500 (125/1)

In the case of this betting special you would be smart to sprinkle a bet on two Slams. 

While you do not have to predict which Slams the player will win in this proposition, you should still speculate on it. 

With that you have to think that Del Potro will be a force in every Slam next year except for Wimbledon.  His hard court championship at the 2009 US Open makes him a force in New York again next year and a force at the Australian Open in January. Also, Del Potro had an outstanding 2009 French Open and played Federer incredibly tough in the semis before losing.

With Federer and Nadal still on top, Del Potro winning two Slams might seem like a little bit of a stretcher to many.  However keep in mind that only a few months ago Del Potro was +2000 (20/1) just to win one Slam: the 2009 US Open.  He's been underrated before and the price of +750 (15/2) to win two Slams in 2010 should look really attractive.

He's already a proven Slam winner and he's so young on tour that you have to expect further improvement still.

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