ATP Injuries Mount: Juan Martin Del Potro Withdraws From Paris

Sad news to see Delpo injured again. Hope he can come back strong next year.

Tipsy has been playing a lot of tennis in recent weeks.

November 6th, 2011 at 11:36 pm

Rest and hit the weight room hard Delpo, and get the upper body strong like the big guy you are! Hope you have a monster of a season in 2012.

November 7th, 2011 at 1:14 am

Hope JMdP is more healthy in 2012.
Now just rest and rehab until D-cup and take the trophy!

November 7th, 2011 at 6:29 am

And miss Soderling a little, too. he has been down for a looong time with illness. It will be interesting to see how he comes out in 2012, though I hear he has already canceled Brisbane! :(

November 7th, 2011 at 6:31 am

Murray is playing doubles. At the moment he and Hutchins are trailing Almagro/Marrero 4-3 in the first set. It might be best if they lose, so Andy can concentrate on the singles, but at least he’s fit enough to play. I can’t seem to get a stream to watch – anyone else watching the match? If so, does Andy look OK?

November 7th, 2011 at 1:25 pm

The entire group of top players in the tennis field have had to pay the price for defeating Fed.
Every player who has overtaken Fed or has seriously attempted to has had to do so using extreme physical efforts leading to serious injuries.

Then they complain that the schedule is too tight. The schedule is just fine. The running & physical exertion you undergo do to win every point is the culprit.

November 7th, 2011 at 6:49 pm

I am colino6 and I are bbomg the draw challenge on the meaningless picks, wait til it gets further. Cilic hosed me again! Although the whole section of Cilic verdasco berdych is bracket breaker galore

November 7th, 2011 at 8:46 pm

so many mini upsets today, horrible!

November 7th, 2011 at 9:05 pm

@Dc

these kinds of theories are absurd. and i’m sick of hearing about how federer never sweats, runs on fairy dust etc.
federer isn’t some magical creature who wins without exertion. he scrambles as much as anyone and puts a lot of effort into defense.
he simply has a body without significant mechanical flaws which means he’s avoided injury.

haas, safin, rafter, philipousis, dent etc, were they grinders? not even close. and they actually scrambled less than federer, played less than federer, yet had major physical problems, career ending problems, simply by having bad luck with their body structures.

November 7th, 2011 at 10:19 pm

Ha ha, Kimberly: so true about Berdy/Cilic/Hotsauce. I went with Cilic and of course he lost. But you never know with these guys.

dari, I agree about Soderling/Soda – it seems so long since he has played!

November 7th, 2011 at 11:12 pm

@Roy
I apologize for my absurd comments. I should try to emulate the meaningful, insightful and intelligent analysis you & others have been providing on this website.

Please share with all of us what you don’t find absurd and we will all try to post comments in sync with your ideas and theories.

November 8th, 2011 at 3:35 am

I know this has nothing to do with tennis but I just feel sad that great champ Smokin’ Joe is notwith us any more. I still remember 70’s and waking up 3am Belgrade time to watch with my father those unforgetable fights with GOAT M. Ali. Boxing was never the same after.
You had Lion heart, RIP my champ Smokin’ Joe.

P. S. I hope You didn’t mind for posting this if you did I am sorry.

November 8th, 2011 at 6:06 am

Unrelated to this article, but does anyone know why the ATP site claims that Bopanna/qureshi have qualified for the season-ending championships? What happens if Frystenberg/Matkowski beat Butorac/Rojer for the Paris title (and Bopanna/Qureshi lose in the first round)?

November 8th, 2011 at 9:53 am

@Wog boy: There is no need to apologise, at least to me. I did not know we had lost a great champion until i saw your post.

Frazier was an absolute warrior, a legend and his fights with the greatest sportsman of all time, Muhammad Ali, are a big part of popular culture in a way that no other sporting event throughout history is.

RIP smokin’ joe frazier and condolences to your family and admirers.

November 8th, 2011 at 10:57 am

DC @ 3:35

LOL! great reply! i find it funny how some people try to qualify a spectacular achievement like fed’s efficient play as his good luck or other people’s bad luck!

November 8th, 2011 at 5:15 pm

@Brando: nicely said and very true.

November 8th, 2011 at 7:11 pm

Novak has 1.6 million reasons to play Paris, at least first round :-)

November 8th, 2011 at 7:58 pm

@Sean: I see what you mean :))

November 8th, 2011 at 11:47 pm