Juan Martin Del Potro's last tennis match on the ATP Tour dates back to June 19, 2019: a victory over Denis Shapovalov in the 1st round of the Queen's tournament in London, when he injured his knee again.
The 33-year-old Argentinian will make his return two and a half years later, at the ATP 250 tournament in Buenos Aires, from February 7 to 13.
" It's confirmed !
Del Potro will play the 2022 Argentina Open. The Torre de Tandil [his nickname] will enter the main draw as a guest,” the tournament organization announced on Twitter.
VUELVE DELPO 🔨 After
2 years and medio of inactivity, Juan Martín Del Potro will tend to regreso al circuito en el #ArgOpen2022 🏆
¡Vamos Juan Martín!
¡Qué alegría volver a verte en las canchas!
🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/5la6Xl6EsE
— Argentina Open (@ArgentinaOpen) January 31, 2022
The former world No. 3 has accumulated worries since a fractured patella in his right knee in October 2018, during the Masters 1000 in Shanghai.
Since his relapse at Queen's, he has undergone four knee operations, the last of which in 2021, which took him away from the circuit for a long time and dropped him to 757th place in the world.
Heavily in debt
In recent weeks, “Delpo” had expressed on social networks his desire to return to play in Buenos Aires, where he had lined up only once in 2006. The Argentinian must also play the following week at the ATP 500 tournament. of Rio, from February 14 to 20.
According to the Argentine press, he is heavily in debt following risky investments by his father, who died in January 2021, who managed his earnings.
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