Juan Martin del Potro has finally found what appears to be a short-term answer to his coaching impasse. The Argentine has not worked with a coach full time since he parted ways with Franco Davin during his last injury layoff in 2015. Davin had coached del Potro to his lone grand slam title, the US Open in 2009.
Del Potro had worked with Davis Cup captain Daniel Orsanic briefly at times this year, including at Indian Wells, and made it be known that he was looking to work with either a former top ranked player, or a compatriot. He made approaches to both Pete Sampras and Brazilian legend Gustavo Kuerten, who both rejected the chance to work with him.
Del Potro has instead hired Sebastien Prieto, who has a history of working with Argentineans including Juan Monaco and Diego Schwartzmann.
It is not currently expected to be a long term solution and the partnership is at present only expected to last through the US Open.
A bulk of del Potro’s points are on the line in New York, having reached the quarter-finals last year. He starts against Swiss Henri Laaksonen, before potentially facing Roberto Baustista Agut in the third round, and then perhaps 6th seed Dominic Thiem in the fourth round.
