Juan Martín del Potro He hung the racket officially in December 2024. After the exhibition in Buenos Aires with his friend Novak Djokovic, The Argentine finally abandoned tennis as a player. However, the winner of the US Open 2009, in an intimate talk with the site Olympics, It does not close the door to join the circuit again. But, this time as a coach.
“I have my tennis academy in Boynton Beach, Florida. That really excites me, training children, people of all kinds. To be full -time coach, you have to travel a lot again and be all over the world. I’ve been doing this for 20 years and I’m tired. But, of course, if Novak asks me to work with him, I will be happy. I couldn’t tell him no, but now I think about it. The door is not 100% closed, but I think that moment will come “ The Tandilense expressed.
Another of the songs that the 22 ATP title champion played was about his physique and emotional state: “The pain continues, unfortunately. But today I am calmer. I don’t have that thought of wanting to play again, to try. This stage has ended for me. My farewell with Djokovic in Argentina was a dream, the best thing I could have had to close my cycle as a tennis player. ”
Finally, he concluded talking about Big 4: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. “Many of us play well, but there were differences in details, because it is not only tennis. It is the mentality, the physicist, the personality, how to deal with pressure. For many years they did better than us, especially in the most important moments. In other circuit tournaments they play at a level 8 or 9, and at level 10 in the Slams. ”
