Juan Martin del Potro prepared his return to tennis after overcoming an injury that kept him away from Tokyo 2020. However, sad news seems to obscure his reintegration into the circuit. The father of the racket, Daniel del Potro, who was in charge of managing his finances in the early years of his career, would have defrauded him with debts of up to more than 30 million dollars.
The news was released after the tennis player’s father died in 2021, the date on which the racket learned of his true economic situation. According to an investigation by the Argentine magazine A la tarde, Daniel del Potro would have wasted the money earned by his son by making bad investments in various areas, such as soybean planting, an industry that he did not know and that ended up indebting him.
Likewise, the panelists of the program pointed out that the father had left his son only 10% of his earnings, that is, 3 million dollars, an amount that is insufficient for the total payment of the debt.
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Despite being in financial trouble, Juan Marin del Potro has decided to focus on his next comeback in the ATP 250 of Buenos Aires. For this, it has left the amortization of the debt in the hands of a prestigious accountant.
Australian Open
The first tennis Grand Slam of the year will take place in Melbourne, Australia, starting on January 17. This year’s edition was marred by the controversy generated by the number 1 racket in the world, Novak Djokovic, who obtained a medical exemption to participate in the tournament despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19.
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