The thought of retiring from the game had crossed the minds of Juan Martin Del Potro

The thought of retiring from the game had crossed the minds of Juan Martin Del Potro when he had to go through repeated surgeries the previous year, but, he shrugged it off and he is pretty determined now to make a comeback in 2016.

Del Potro has played very little in the last twenty months and as a result, has seen his singles world rankings slipping down to 582.

His fans would be desperate for him to come back and show his old class again, but, it would not be that easy for the Argentinean after having so many operations on that same body part.

There has been a suggestion that Del Potro, who normally plays his backhand shots holding the racket with both his hands, would be better off playing that shot using one hand only as quite a few other players do.

But, recently, talking to a website, Del Potro made it clear that he’s not going to make any changes in his playing style and would continue playing the way he has always been.

He was quoted as saying, “It’s not really possible to all of a sudden start playing a particular shot differently. You play in a certain way right from the time you were a kid and that is extremely difficult to change. Yes, if practiced regularly, you would be able to do that, but, still, you would struggle to play it with the same sort of efficiency. So, I don’t think I would try that.”

When asked about the retirement, Del Potro said, “Yes, it’s something I had contemplated, but, I am in a much better state of mind now. The wrist is getting better by the minute and I am looking forward to return.”