The man from Tandil, who played his last match in February 2022, promised that he would close his career in the Grand Slam he won in 2009 if Argentina won the World Cup in Qatar.
the tandilense Juan Martin del Potroon the podium of the best Argentine tennis players in history, today reiterated his desire to play the next US Open in New York, after having officially closed his career in February of last year.
“I’m going to be at the US Open”was the phrase that the 34-year-old from Tandil launched in statements to the press in Miami, where he is training with the aim of returning to compete in the Grand Slam that he brilliantly conquered in 2009 after winning the final over the Swiss Roger Federer.
The US Open, the fourth and last Grand Slam tournament of the year, will be played in New York from August 28 to September 10 and the man from Tandil once again expressed what he had stated a month ago: that he would like to close his career there for a promise he had made if Argentina won the third star in the World Cup in Qatar 2022, as it finally happened.
The man from Tandil, an exclusive figure of the Argentine Davis Cup team that won the tournament for the only time in history, on November 27, 2016 after winning the final against Croatia, is carrying out a set-up to be able to meet that objective that was raised when Lionel Messi and the Argentine team lifted the World Cup on December 18.
“Now Lionel Messi and the team have put me in training”was the phrase that launched then the Tower of Tandil.
With the premise of fulfilling that objective, Del Potro trained in Miami with Douglas Corderoa physical trainer with a recognized track record in the world of tennis after having worked with the Austrian Dominic Thiem, the Italian Fabio Fognini and the Chilean Cristian Garín, among others.
To be able to play the US Open, the man from Tandil you will need one wildcard (special invitation) of the organization of the tournament, since he has not been ranked since his last match as a professional, which was in February 2022 at the Argentina Open, when he lost in the initial round with Federico Delbonis from Azul, 6-1 and 6-3 on the central court Guillermo Vilas of the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.
Del Potro, who was world number 3 in 2018 and won 22 titles on the ATP circuit, also won the Davis Cup and was a bronze medalist at the London 2012 Games and a Silver medalist at the Rio 2016 Games, to complete a extraordinary career.
The illusion of the man from Tandil to play the US Open for the moment is nothing more than a wish, since he must first get ready physically (he withdrew due to a chronic injury to the right kneecap) and also be invited to play the tournament .
With information from Telam
