Tennis – Australian Open 2019: Juan Martin Del Potro Pulls Out

Juan Martin del Potro

World No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro said on Monday he will miss the Australian Open beginning in about 14 days’ time as he has not yet recouped from a cracked knee endured in October.

The damage tormented 30-year-old tottered out of the Shanghai Masters two months prior after an ungainly fall before specialists determined him to have a cracked patella bone in his right knee.

Since winning the US Open in 2009 as a 20-year-old, Del Potro has been tormented with physical issues, including a progression of wrist wounds that required four medical surgeries.

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In any case, 2018 had seen something of a resurgence from a player who dropped to 581 on the planet in 2015.

He beat Swiss incredible Roger Federer in the Indian Wells Masters last in March and in September he achieved a second Grand Slam last, yet was beaten in straight sets by current world No.1 Novak Djokovic at the US Open.

He even achieved a profession high positioning of three in August.

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