Del Potro decided not to play Davis Cup in 2013. The desicion is based on the fact that he wants to focus on the tour but other sources had been mentioning that he has serious dissagreements with Martin Jaite.
In the end Del Potro is proving one more time that he is not interested on playing Davis Cup. He should be honest about that. http://www.clarin.com/deportes/puedo-dejarlos-contentos_0_837516414.html
He is not interested on playing DC and that's ok, it's his career and he knows better than anyone what to do with it but, stop the crap saying he loves to play for Argentina in DC because that is pure BULLSHIT.
I'm sure this was a tough decision for Delpo, but probably the right one for his career. Cutting down on his schedule is always a smart decision for such an injury prone player and it's not like the Argentine crowd is ever going to fully appreciate him anyway, even after the won them a rare medal at the Olympics. He can win DC later on with a better captain anyway.
Are you kidding? Argentina has been the definition of "close but no cigar" at DC for years. Seems impossible for them to win a title without Delpo.
Strange to me. He was so emotional after his bronze medal for ARG at the Olys? He went as far to say that that was the best achievement of his career - better than USO win, which was bullshit.
Davis Cup is now pretty unimportant these days, so wise career move. It's understandable, and as someone said, better just said upfront i'm not gonna worry about it then false hope going forward.
who cares!? I mean Del Potro is probably wise to do this, look at his lackluster 2012, it can't hurt for him to really focus on the main events. Juan's biggest problem seems to be getting tired and not being quite at good enough shape so if anything hopefully he can focus on that or maybe save energy for events he cares about most
He is not interested on playing DC and that's ok, it's his career and he knows better than anyone what to do with it but, stop the crap saying he loves to play for Argentina in DC because that is pure BULLSHIT.
It's funny how Davis Cup makes tennis fans turn into tantrum-throwing kids who lose all objectivity. So if he makes a difficult choice for his career, that's equal to not caring at all? Why does it have to be all or nothing? Maybe he does care but just can't make his schedule work and decided to leave it off this year, rather than stretching himself too thin and never being able to give his best effort, neither to his own career nor to DC. Maybe he finds the situation with Nalby and Jaite unbearable.
Hasn't anyone here had to make a choice between two things -- and even though you wanted to have both, you were honest and realistic enough to know it wouldn't work and you would have to make a choice? Why do fans always moan "he doesn't care!"?
He's been given a deadline to decide, which was the 10th of December, he asked for 10 more days and still didn't come with a decision, so the captain decided to ban him.
I understand Juan having problems deciding, considering it's clay in the middle of hard courts season, it's with fit Dave around and he's at the point of his career where he actually could win GSs for real.
But his coach Ghedin says it's an unfortunate situation, which will be discussed with the captain of DC team, so it's not clear yet.
Someone must have finally put some sense into him.
He also must have realized that his beloved country Argentina would actually be better served by him fully concentrating on his individual career and (at least for the time being) exclusively focusing on launching an all out assault on the placeholders temporarily ranked above him.
The drama between Del Potro and DC Captain Martin Jaite is a replay of the drama between Nalbandian and former DC Captain Tito Vazquez. It's the same story with different cast members.
I think Gabriela Sabatini should take over as Argentina's DC captain. She could take care of these guys. If Nalbandian acts out, Sabatini will punch his face and starve him for a week. If Del Potro acts out, she'll give him a death stare to put him in his place. She would then give hairstyling tips to Charly Berlocq, after which she will sub in for him in doubles to win the trophy for Argentina
The drama between Del Potro and DC Captain Martin Jaite is a replay of the drama between Nalbandian and former DC Captain Tito Vazquez. It's the same story with different cast members.
It's always been like that with the Argentines: ever since the days of Guillermo Vilas and Jose Luis Clerc. They've never managed to have a unified team making the right decisions for the team and for its members individually. The egos always get in the way... Such a pity.
nice to see he also takes the same view as I do towards this pointless event, its most definitely a wise move
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