Former world No. 3 Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina will return to the track after a two-and-a-half-year absence from the ATP 250 tournament in Buenos Aires (February 7-13), organizers announced on Monday. of an invitation.
Del Potro, 33, has not appeared in matches since the 2019 Queens tournament, where he re-injured his knee after suffering a knee fracture in his right knee eight months earlier in the Masters 1000 in Shanghai.
He has since undergone four knee surgeries, including the last one in 2021, which drove him off the track for a long time and dropped him to 757th place in the world.
“Confirmed! “Del Potro will play in the Argentina Open of 2022. The Tandil Tower (his nickname) will enter the main draw as a guest”, announced the organization of the Argentina tournament on Twitter.
In recent weeks, del Potro had expressed on social media his desire to return to play in Buenos Aires, where he had only played once in 2006.
The Argentine must also play next week in the ATP 500 tournament in Rio (February 14-20).
