Juan Martin Del Potro's season is now in jeopardy. The U.S. Open champion will miss both the French Open and Wimbledon, and there is a good chance he will not be back to defend his U.S. Open championship.
Del Potro has been bothered by the wrist all this year. He played in pain at the Australian Open, and after the first Grand Slam of the year took time off to heal and rest the injury. After a few months it wasn't getting much better, so that led to the decision to have the surgery done.
In a letter from Del Potro read on Argentine radio, he said he will have surgery Tuesday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. The fifth-ranked player said previous treatments had not solved the problem.
"This is not a happy time in my life,'' Del Potro said in the letter. "But I am used to fighting against adversity and I have all the strength to go forward.''
He dismissed reports in Argentina that he is suffering from depression, calling them "malicious and false.''
Del Potro's agent Ugo Colombini told Argentine media there "is no exact date'' for the player's return.
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