Juan Martin del Potro: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal denied my 'dream' of getting to No. 1

16.03.2023 - 15:09 eurosport.com

Juan Martin del Potro says Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal denied him his “dream” of getting to world No. 1. Del Potro, who is now retired following multiple wrist and knee injuries, won the US Open in 2009, reached three other Grand Slam semi-finals, and tasted David Cup success with Argentina.

Ad But he never got higher than No. 3 in the rankings. ATP Indian Wells'How is this possible?' — Medvedev shocked that Nadal, Federer have 'haters'3 HOURS AGO When he hit his career-high ranking in 2018 he was 1,000 points behind second-placed Federer and nearly 5,000 behind No.

1 Nadal. Del Potro only stayed at No. 3 for a few weeks before being overtaken by Djokovic after he beat him in the US Open final.

The Argentine never got higher than No. 4 again in his career. «The only thing I lacked was being No. 1,” he said at a Roland Garros Junior Series event in Sao Paulo. “It was always a dream and I always worked for it… but I was proud of my career and I never made it because there was either Federer, or Nadal or Djokovic. »When I look at the rankings and the years of my career and who was fighting to be No.

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