Juan Martin del Potro secured his place in the ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday after Rafael Nadal’s injury-enforced withdrawal from the eight-man season-ender opened up another vacancy.
The Argentine, who had already increased his qualification hopes for London by winning the Vienna title last weekend, was delighted to make it into the finals.
But he was also sympathetic to the plight of Nadal who had to pull out of the London showpiece, ‘I am sad for Rafa, he’s really trying in his comeback,’ said del Potro who made the Swiss Indoors quarter-finals.
The Argentine, who had already increased his qualification hopes for London by winning the Vienna title last weekend, was delighted to make it into the finals.
But he was also sympathetic to the plight of Nadal who had to pull out of the London showpiece, ‘I am sad for Rafa, he’s really trying in his comeback,’ said del Potro who made the Swiss Indoors quarter-finals.