At the age of 34, he is still trying to make a comeback. It's been two and a half years since his last official game!
Having won a gold and silver medal at the Olympic Games, led Argentina to the top of the Davis Cup, and won the Grand Slam title at a young age, the real-time world ranking has fallen out of the top 700.
The total career prize has reached $25 million, why should he insist? In addition to love, perhaps, it is also related to money! Because, thanks to his father, he was on the verge of bankruptcy.
He is the Argentine star Del Potro, affectionately known as the big pineapple by fans.
On January 15, Beijing time, a number of media reported the recent situation of Del Potro. Today, he has only $3 million in his bank account, and not only that, but he also faces door-to-door debt collection from multiple creditors.
Although these debts were not owed by him, he decided to pay them back, and he is now insolvent, on the verge of bankruptcy, or to be precise, he is bankrupt!
Why did Del Potro make himself so miserable? It was all caused by his father, Daniel.
Del Potro became famous at a young age, won a large number of prize money, and also took over a number of endorsements. Del Potro concentrated on playing, had no time to take care of financial management, and his game bonuses and endorsement income were almost all managed by his father, Daniel.
Seeing that his son was making a lot of money, his father Daniel was not to be outdone, and he hoped to increase or even double del Potro's wealth.
To this end, Daniel rented 9,000 hectares of land behind del Potro's back and began to grow soybeans. With no understanding of the industrial cycle and no mastery of cultivation techniques, Daniel's investment failed utterly.
While growing soybeans, Daniel's investment properties also depreciated sharply, and he also contracted the vice of gambling.
In order to make a comeback, Daniel began to borrow a lot, and the snowball rolled bigger and bigger, and Daniel could only tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall. The father had planned to surprise his son with his own financial management, but he was completely frightened.
To make matters worse, Daniel died of illness last year at the age of 63, and the father and son were very close, but until Daniel's death, Del Potro knew nothing about it.
It wasn't until the creditor came to the door that Del Potro learned of his father's "feat." Originally thought that after retiring, he could enjoy the big pineapple of heaven, but it seems that he has to work harder to strive for an early comeback and earn more bonuses.