MADRID, 11 (EUROPA PRESS)
The Argentine tennis player Juan Martín del Potro, who has recently announced his intention to retire, has reviewed his career and highlighted “the Davis Cup and the Olympic Games” as the conquests that are “on the podium” of his record.
«I have to recover my leg because it is difficult for me to live. As I said, it was more of a farewell than a return because my knee marks it like that. Tennis, today, takes a backseat,” said Del Potro in an interview with ‘copadavis.com’. The Argentine, who has returned to the courts this week in the tournament in Buenos Aires, has reiterated that he will hang up the racket at 33 years old and it is a “point and apart”.
Champion of the US Open 2009, Del Potro has two Olympic medals (bronze in London 2012 and silver in Rio de Janeiro 2016), 22 titles and 13 finals. In addition, the Argentine, who became number three in the world, was part of the Argentine team that won the 2016 Davis Cup.
“That final was one of the best moments of my life. For me and for the whole team, for each of the players. It is something that was saved forever in the sports history of our country. Without a doubt, the 2016 Davis Cup is on the podium of one of the best things that happened to me in my tennis career,” said “Delpo.”
Regarding the Olympic Games, the one from Tandil recalled that the one in London was his “first Olympic experience”. “I had never really believed that an Olympic Games would be so important and so exciting. The competition is unique. Obviously the fact that he won a medal made it even more special,” he told the ITF.
«In Rio I lived one of the most beautiful weeks of my career. If I had the opportunity to give an advice to an athlete, I would tell him never to miss the opportunity to go to the Olympic Games because it is something spectacular and unique, “added del Potro.
«Both the Davis Cup and the JJ.OO are on the podium of my achievements. They are two very difficult events to compete. It is something that tennis has given me to enjoy throughout my life. And I am grateful for that », she sentenced.
