Del Potro to play at Queens Club tournament
Tennis newsUS Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro will play at next years Queens Club tournament in an effort to improve his grasscourt game ahead of Wimbledon.
The fifth-ranked Argentine beat Roger Federer in the U.S. Open final but has never advanced past the second round in three appearances at Wimbledon.
Del Potro says this is the perfect opportunity for me to improve my game on the surface. Many players have done well at Queens in the past and then gone on to win at Wimbledon. I hope that this can happen for me also.
John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Lleyton Hewitt and Rafael Nadal have all won the Wimbledon mens singles title after victory at Queens.
The Wimbledon warmup event is scheduled for June 7-13.
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