“My motivation is the Olympics”

Juan Martín Del Potro received the Platinum Konex Award this Wednesday for his great tennis career in the 2010-2019 decade. And in the meantime, he continues his recovery from the injury to the patella in his right knee and revealed during the Konex awards ceremony how he is spending these months off the courts and on the Tokyo Olympics.

About the Platinum Konex award that Juan Martín received

“I am happy to receive this award which is a recognition of my career, a pampering to the soul. I recently lost my father, so I am trying to readjust and hope to play tennis again.”

The hard process of “la Torre” with his knee injury

“Reality shows that it is costing me. I have tried many alternative, conservative treatments, surgeries, and they still have not been able to help me to play again. Although from the emotional side it costs a lot because it even hurts to watch tennis matches on TV I try to handle it as well as possible. “

The Tokyo Olympics for Juan Martín

“I think this is my year. The Olympic Games push me forward, it is a motivation that I have. If it had not been postponed for this year, maybe my present would be different. I have that between eyebrows and for more than the body it gets bigger, I feel like facing it and I keep trying “

The desire to return to the courts

“I think that after all the history and what I experienced with my knee, an impact would be to play again. Some tell me 'stop suffering, with what you did is very good, enjoy', but if I manage to reverse this and achieve playing would be a prize. I would come back for myself, for my mother and my sister and because I feel that I deserve that prize to enter a field again. “