Sunday 28 October 2012 22:05, UK
Juan Martin del Potro has expressed sympathy for Rafael Nadal's injury plight, even though the Spaniard's absence has secured his place at the ATP World Tour Finals.
On reaching the World Tour Finals, he added: "For me it's a gift for my effort during the year. "It's only eight players fighting for one tournament. It's the best eight players of the year, so it's very important to me. "I'm so glad to be there once again. I will be fighting against the big names and maybe I'll have a chance to make another final." Del Potro joins Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych in having booked his place in London with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Janko Tipsarevic, Richard Gasquet and Nicolas Almagro heading the list of candidates for the remaining two positions.
