In an emotional turn of affairs last night the party crowd in Buenos Aires soon had the rugs pulled from under them as home hero Juan Martin Del Potro lost to fellow country man Fredrico Delbonis 1-6, 3-6 post which he mentioned that it might be his last professional match ever.
The former US Open champion talked about the situation later on in interviews in detail.
“It’s difficult to explain how I felt on the court. So many emotions,” del Potro said post-match. “The atmosphere was crazy, the people were crazy, and I had one of my best ever matches in my career with the crowd.”
After leaving the court, he had this message for fans hoping to see him play again: “I don’t know if it’s going to happen, because the pain in my knee is very high. But I will keep doing a big effort to fix the knee, and if I get that, maybe I will have another chance to play.”
Meanwhile Delbonis said, “There were so many feelings before the match when I knew I was going to play Juan Martin,” Delbonis said after his victory. “The days before were very exciting. So many things were going through my mind. Of course when I got on the court, when I see all the people there, the court was packed. It was amazing. I think the match as well was quite emotional. I want to leave the tennis on the side for a moment and try to express all the emotions that we had in the match.”