How Different Could 2010 Have Been for Federer and Nadal Had Del Potro Been Fit?

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Published: April 4, 2011

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As 2009 drew to a close, Juan Martin del Potro was on course to spend 2010 battling with those right at the very pinnacle of men’s tennis. He had spent 2009 racking up over 50 wins, had secured his maiden Grand Slam and reached the final of the ATP World Tour Finals. After countless impressive displays, he finished the year fifth in the rankings and was the youngest player in the top 10. 

Despite this promise, 2010 barely even saw del Potro on a tennis court, banished to the treatment rooms, plagued by injury. His recent re-emergence on the tennis circuit has caused some people trouble in remembering just how dominant the Argentine was shaping up to be. 

Injury had first appeared to hamper him in January 2010, as del Potro was forced to withdraw from the second day of the AAMI Kooyong Classic. Victory during the first day of this tournament had elevated him to a career high No. 4 in the world. Despite growing pains in his wrist, del Potro then played the Australian Open. He did well enough, succumbing to eventual semifinalist Marin Cilic in the fourth round, after a grueling five-set battle. 

However that was to be the last the tennis public would see of the gangly Argentine for a considerable amount of time. As 2010 rolled by, del Potro pinpointed event after event in which he intended to launch a return, yet the ever increasing severity of his wrist injury prevented these appearances from materialising. Eventually, with few alternatives, and desperate to end the pain, the Argentine was forced to go under the knife, thus predominantly ending his season. It also meant he would have to relinquish his grasp on the US Open trophy, not fit enough to mount a defence. 

With no del Potro, 2010 saw typical dominance from Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Federer secured the Australian Open, with a comfortable victory over Andy Murray, and then the irrepressible Nadal triumphed at the French, Wimbledon a...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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