The Argentine tennis player Juan Martin del Potro had promised before World Cup Qatar 2022 what if the Argentine national team became champion in the contest, he would try to play the next US Open and now he said that he will seek to fulfill it.
“If Argentina won the World Cup, I was going to try to play the US Open. Now (Lionel) Messi and the team put me in training. I still have a lot of pain. Before Qatar I didn’t have it in mind, but now I think about it a lot.”expressed the man from Tandil on the site Tennis News.
The last time the champion of the Davis cup on a court it was in February of last year, when he lost in two sets against Azuleño Frederick Delbonisin it Argentina Open at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.
Applauded by all present, Del Potro he said goodbye to professional activity after a series of injuries and operations on both knees that had him mistreated for several years of his career.
Despite the fact that he believed that his time on a tennis court was a closed issue, he now assured that he will return to training after winning the Argentine national team in it World Cup Qatar 2022.
The objective will be to be present at the US OpenGrand Slam that he won in 2009 in a final remembered against the Swiss Roger Federer.
Besides the Davis cupanother of the consecrations of Del Potro when he represented the country were the silver medals in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games and bronze in London 2012.
On the other hand, he noted: “The only thing I lacked was to be number one in the world. It was always a dream and I always worked to be the best, but I am also very proud of my career.”
“I never made it because they were (Rafael) Nadal, (Roger) Federer or (Novak) Djokovic. When I look at the ranking or see the years of my career and who I was fighting to be number one with, it’s also very nice to know that they were those who didn’t let me achieve that dream”he expressed.
Del Potro He reached his best historical position in the ranking in August 2018, when he was ranked third for three consecutive weeks.
Meanwhile, the man from Tandil also praised the Spanish Carlos Alcarazto Italian Jannik Sinner and to danish Holger Runeof whom he said they will be “the leaders of the circuit in the coming years”.
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