{"id":885,"date":"2024-11-27T12:31:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T13:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=885"},"modified":"2025-01-07T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T17:04:08","slug":"tennis-legend-admits-hes-stuck-in-a-never-ending-nightmare-with-daily-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/tennis-legend-admits-hes-stuck-in-a-never-ending-nightmare-with-daily-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis legend admits he\u2019s stuck in a \u2018never-ending nightmare\u2019 with daily pain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Juan Martin Del Potro now has to take ‘six or seven pills’ every day (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tennis legend Juan Martin del Potro admits he is stuck in a ‘never-ending nightmare’ and is suffering from ‘terrible’ pain every single day.<\/p>\n

The Argentine former world No.3, who tasted Grand Slam glory with the US<\/a> Open title in 2009, officially ended his injury-plagued career<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n

Del Potro, a popular player on the ATP Tour, has now opened up about his various injury problems ahead of an exhibition against Novak Djokovic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old, who is set for a one-off showdown with Djokovic in Buenos Aires next month, reveals he has been taking painkillers daily.<\/p>\n

‘My daily life isn\u2019t what I would like it to be,’ Del Potro, who won a total of 22 career titles, said in a video posted on Instagram. <\/p>\n

‘I can\u2019t play football, I can\u2019t play padel. It\u2019s terrible. They took [from] me the chance to do what I loved the most, which was to play tennis.<\/p>\n

‘It\u2019s very tough. There are moments where I have no more strength. I\u2019m not indestructible.<\/p>\n

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Del Potro beat Roger Federer in the 2009 US Open final (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘I have good things, bad things but most of the times I have to fake it and put a good face, but many times I feel terrible. <\/p>\n

‘Every day when I wake up I have to take six or seven pills. Gastric protectors, anti-inflammatories, one for anxiety. <\/p>\n

‘Then the pills made me gain weight so they told me to stop eating some things.’<\/p>\n

Del Potro, who reached at least the quarter-finals at all four Grand Slams across his career, fractured his kneecap in a first-round battle against Denis Shapovalov at Queen\u2019s Club five years ago.<\/p>\n

‘Since that moment, I was never able to climb stairs without pain,’ Del Potro added. ‘I hurts when I drive, it hurts many times when I go to sleep. It\u2019s been a never-ending nightmare.’<\/p>\n

Del Potro did not play again professionally until his farewell event at the Argentina Open in February 2022 after his injury at Queen’s in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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