Juan Martín del Potro posted a message after his defeat at the Argentina Open: “Eternally grateful”

Juan Martín Del Potro reappeared on the courts last Tuesday after 32 months inactive due to a knee injury. However, the tennis player fell to his compatriot Federico Delbonis (6-1 and 6-3) in the first round of the Argentina Open.

“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”mentioned the 33-year-old Argentine athlete, between tears, at the end of the meeting.

‘Delpo’ did not specify if with this duel he would leave the playing fields definitively, however, he published a curious message on his social networks this Thursday. “They made me very happy. Eternally grateful”the tennis player wrote through his Twitter account.

As you remember, on the eve of the match against Federico Delbonis, Juan Martín del Potro offered a press conference in which he confessed that he is close to retirement.

“I have been feeling it for a long time, imagining it. It is one of the most difficult messages that I have to transmit. Everyone expects him to return to tennis, possibly it will not be like that and perhaps it will be a farewell more than a return “expressed the ‘Tower of Tandil’.

Immediately, the 33-year-old Olympic medalist explained the reason for making this decision. “I have been making too much effort to be able to move on. The knee has me living a nightmare. For many years I have tried alternatives, treatments, doctors, different ways to solve it and to this day I have not succeeded “.