Juan Martín Del Potro still hasn’t decided his future: “I’m not sure about my participation in Rio”

In the run-up to his match against Federico Delbonis for the Argentina Open, it was speculated that Juan Martín del Potro was going to end his career, however, not everything is clear in the career of the 33-year-old Argentine tennis player, who returned to the fields after 32 months, due to injury.

“Today I gave everything I had, until the last point. I’m happy because my last game was probably on a pitch and not giving a press conference. And ahead of all of you. I will always remember them”del Potro said, however, he later stated: “Right now I’m not sure about my participation in the ATP in Rio.”

The tournament in Brazil starts on February 12 and the feeling with the city of Brazil is because there he won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games. He beat Rafael Nada in the semifinals and fell in the final against Andy Murray.

Del Potro had his moments of glory by winning the US Open-2009 against the then number one in the world Roger Federer, the Davis Cup-2016 against Croatia and two Olympic medals, silver in the Rio-2016 Games and bronze in London-2012.

The stands of the Guillermo Vilas central court were packed. There were queues of one kilometer to enter the stadium in the woods of Palermo. Injuries have been the bane of his career. He was taken to the operating room eight times, for four wrist operations and four knee operations.

“It is difficult to deal with so much pain. I’m not here for a miraculous return.”, had confessed in a conference before the meeting. In his career, he has 439 wins and has won 22 professional championships.