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Delpo is already following the rehabilitation plan put together by his medical team. For the past few days he's been using a splint that keeps the knee immobilized while he follows the doctors' advice.
In his 14th year on tour and having never previously won a Masters 1000 tournament, Juan Martin Del Potro's first such title was never going to come easy. It came just about the hardest way possible on Sunday at the BNP Paribas Open.
Click here to see photos from the men's tennis final at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California.
With Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray among those on the sidelines and Novak Djokovic a shadow of his former self, the dream final when the 2018 BNP Paribas Open began was Roger Federer vs. Juan Martin Del Potro. Nine days later, that dream is now a realty.
Click here to check out our latest photo gallery from the BNP Paribas Open tennis in Indian Wells, California.
Juan Martin Del Potro captured the 21st title of his career and his biggest since 2013 when he cruised past Kevin Anderson 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel on Saturday.
David Goffin needed either a win of his own or a loss by Lucas Pouille at the Rolex Paris Masters on Thursday in order to clinch a spot in the upcoming Nitto ATP World Tour Finals.
Click here to check out photos of Juan Martin Del Potro at the 2016 Davis Cup Tennis Final in Croatia.
There was no rematch of the 2009 U.S. Open final on Friday at the Miami Open. The highly-anticipated showdown between Roger Federer and Juan Martin Del Potro did not come to fruition because Federer withdrew early in the afternoon due to illness.
The first week of the South American clay-court swing did nothing to help assuage the grief of Rafael Nadal supporters. Nadal, who is still looking to dig out of a season-opening slump, got upset by Dominic Thiem in the Buenos Aires semifinals.
The saddest news to come on the eve of the Australian Open was that Juan Martin del Potro, was forced to withdraw from the Australian Open because the wrist problems that had plagued him for much of the last few years hadn’t cleared up sufficiently for him to consider risking the possible rigors of a best of five sets Grand Slam event.
Juan Martin Del Potro is back.
For the first time since playing doubles with Marin Cilic at last year’s Indian Wells Masters, Del Potro will take the court this week at the Apia International in Sydney.
