Argentine tennis player Juan Martin del Potro will not be participating in the upcoming 2019 Australian Open due to a fractured patella. The 30-year-old has sustained the injury during the 2018 Shanghai Masters tournament when he fell on his right knee while taking on Borna Coric of Croatia in the third round of the competition.

Injured Del Potro to miss 2019 Australian Open

World number five Juan Martin del Potro will miss next month's Australian Open as he continues to recover from a kneecap fracture he suffered during a fall at the Shanghai Masters October, he said on Monday.

Del Potro to miss Australian Open with knee injury

Nikoloz Basilashvili stunned an off-colour Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 6-4 in the China Open final on Sunday to claim his second trophy of the season. Hamburg champion Basilashvili broke Del Potro in the third game with a series of powerful shots from the baseline before taking the opening set.

Nikoloz Basilashvili stuns ailing Del Potro for Beijing title

Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro beat Filip Krajinovic of Serbia in straight sets on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the China Open in Beijing. The Argentine world number four hit 12 aces en route to a 6-3, 6-0 victory, and held serve throughout despite Krajinovic having three break points which he failed to convert.

Del Potro eases past Krajinovic 6-3, 6-0 into China Open semis

The Spanish world number edged a tight first set but then blew the fifth seed away

Rafael Nadal demolishes Del Potro to reach 11th French Open final

Rafael Nadal broke John McEnroe's 34-year record on Thursday by winning his 50th consecutive set on clay at the Madrid Open

Rafael Nadal breaks McEnroe record in Madrid but Del Potro, Sharapova, Halep crash out

Former US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro defeated top-ranked Roger Federer 6-4, 6-7 (8/10), 7-6 (7/2) Sunday to win his first Indian Wells title and second consecutive ATP crown

Del Potro stuns Roger Federer to win Indian Wells title

The Swiss superstar survived a stern test from world number 49 Coric

Indian Wells Masters: Roger Federer to face Del Potro in final

Del Potro defeated the hard-serving Anderson 6-4, 6-4 in the final to claim his first title of 2018

Del Potro foils Anderson to claim Mexican Open

Berdych, who has played in the semi-finals twice in Melbourne, will face Italian Fabio Fognini in fourth round

Australian Open: Tomas Berdych rallies past Del Potro to reach last 16

The seventh-seeded Bulgarian advanced to his eighth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final with a 6-3 7-5 victory over Del Potro

Dimitrov beats Del Potro, enters Cincinnati quarters

The 28-year-old, back in Cincinnati after a four-year absence from the US Open warmup event, powered down 17 aces to rally past Berdych after he surrendered the opening set following a listless start

Del Potro makes winning return in Cincinnati Open

The former US?Open champion has been dogged with wrist injuries for the past three years

Juan Martin del Potro to skip Australian Open over injury concerns

Croatia is looking to win its second Davis Cup, while Argentina is seeking its maiden title

Argentina, Croatia get ready to lock horns in Davis Cup final

Playing in a major final after almost two years, del Potro bagged the Stockholm Open with an impressive 7-5, 6-1 win over American Jack Sock

Tennis: Del Potro wins first ATP title in three years

Serena's 308th victory meant she crossed Roger Federer in the all-time list of grand slam wins among both men and women

US Open: Serena Williams beats Shvedova in record grand slam win

The match was a repeat of the London Olympics one in which Del Potro defeated the Serb to win the bronze medal

Tennis World No 1 Novak Djokovic suffers shock defeat, eliminated in first round

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