The Argentine tennis player Juan Martin of Potro, former world number 3, announced his intention to play in the Opened from Tennis from River from Janeiro, the main tournament in South America, its organizers reported this Thursday.
The Argentine is recovering from a knee operation and hopes to be ready to compete in the Rio contest, which will be held between February 12 and 20, 2022, after being suspended in 2021 due to the covid-19 pandemic.
For the ninth edition of the Rio de Janeiro Open, the only ATP 500 in South America, outstanding tennis figures such as the Italian have already been confirmed Matteo Berrettini, Norwegian Casper Ruud and the spanish Carlos Alcaraz Y Pablo Carreno Busta.
“I keep training with everything. There are days better than others, but always with the hope of returning at the beginning of next year. It would be very special to return to Buenos Aires and also play in Rio. I work with enthusiasm and in the coming weeks I will be telling how my evolution is going ”, said the Argentine, quoted in a statement.
In the circuit ATP, the Argentine tennis player has only played two tournaments in Brazil, in 2006 and in the Games Olympics from River in 2016, where he obtained a silver medal and where he surpassed the Serbian on the way Novak Djokovic and to spanish Rafael Nadal.
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Has suffered with the knees
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Open champion of Tennis from state United 2009, Del Potro added 22 titles and ranked third in the ranking of the ATP in 2018.
The Argentine underwent right knee surgery and has been off the pitch since the Queens ATP 500 in 2019.
It is the fourth intervention on that knee of the 32-year-old Argentine since he suffered an injury in October 2018. The last surgical intervention had been on August 26, 2020.
With the firm intention of returning to the field, of Potro he is already training on clay and doing his best to play in tournaments ATP from Buenos Aires and Rio, for the first time in his career.
EFE
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