On the off chance you follow the ATP World Tour, you've probably heard this good news: Juan Martin Del Potro is BACK! His wrist injury came at the worst possible time--almost immediately after winning the 2009 U.S. Open and sidelined him for the entire 2010 season. But if you watched any of the Sony Ericsson Open Sunday, you saw him vaporizing forehands against world no. 4 Robin Soderling in a 6-3 6-2 clinic.
This is really good news, especially at a time when Novak Djokovic looks poised to bounce around the stranglehold Federer/Nadal have on the men's game. In an article for Rhombus Magazine I outlined how Federer's dynamic style has reshaped men's tennis. This sort of multi-faceted game is just what Del Potro has to offer--and he's 6' 6'' to boot. Really, quite unfair. Check out the highlights here. How, in the WORLD, does he hit that winner at 1:15? Soderling has the entire court, hits a screamer to the corner, and DelPo runs it down and murders it. Jaw-dropping.
This season just got markedly more interesting.
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