Del Potro's story marked everyone, says WTA Player
In an interview to La Capital, Nadia Podoroska praised Juan Martin del Potro for setting an example as the world No. 5 came back from three wrist surgeries and achieved a career-high ranking at No. 3 in August 2018. Podoroska said: 'Del Potro's story marked everyone a bit, this perseverance. When you have clear that you want, you do everything to achieve it. Having a dream, a marked goal and such a big goal since you are a kid. The injuries are the most complicad thing. You cannot do what you like to and you start asking yourself why, you have a little of frustration. But you always have things to do, in my case I had to split with my coach, growing, being more independent, caring of things which I did not care of previously.'
Podoroska has been dealing with several injuries in the last years and she was forced to withdraw from tournaments: 'That's what happened at the US Open this year. I could go there but I was not at 100% physically and my fitness trainer told me that it was my choice. That I could go but he could not guarantee me that I would do well to compete. It was a very difficult decision because I love the US Open and I was excited to play. I had to close my eyes and tell me "I stay here". At the end of 2016 I was playing the US Open main draw, I was 19 years old and No. 160 on the rankings. The conditions change a lot. With that situation I had a different economical earning, I was living in Barcelona where you have more tennis. I played other kind of tournaments, big WTA tournaments. Now the processes are slower.'
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