ATP: Juan Martin del Potro trains on Center Court in Key Biscayne
Juan Martin del Porto's comeback seems to be within reach. The Argentine is currently training on historic tennis ground.
by Stefan Bergmann
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Aug 13, 2021, 12:59 pm
If there is one tennis player who impressively shows again and again that, despite various physical setbacks, one does not have to slide into self-pity and depressive moods, then it is Juan Martin del Potro. The convalescence due to a knee injury, which has already been going on for a good two years, reads like a travel diary for the 08/15 tennis player through the nine circles of hell from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.
The Argentine had to undergo a total of four operations on his right knee after all alternative methods had been exhausted - in 2019 in Barcelona, 2020 in Miami and Switzerland and most recently in March of this year in Chicago. The Tandil tower had to skip the Olympic Games in Tokyo - del Potro would certainly have wanted to add the color gold to his collection of medals in Japan. And so the US Open is the next big highlight on the tennis calendar - with or without the South American's participation? Yes, that is the question that not only the fans of the forehand virtuoso ask.
Positive signals from Miami
You can currently hear faint positive signals on the “Delpo” Instagram channel - although of course there is still a lot of room for interpretation. The now 32-year-old showed himself during court training without any physiotherapeutic remedies - apart from normal tennis clothes and the play equipment in hand, you can see del Potro as God created him. The location of the advanced training is also quite interesting, as the Argentine has the yellow felt ball pounded in at the Crandon Park Tennis Center.
The tennis complex on the Key Biscayne peninsula is of course well known to fans of white sports, as the ATP Masters 1000 event in Miami was held there until 2018. Hopefully, the return of del Potros to the venues of the past will bring him back to his old strength. It would certainly do him, the fans and tennis in general good.