Juan Martin del Potro, the popular No. 29 seed, showed great compassion as his Spanish opponent Nicolas Almagro retired due to a left knee injury after 90 minutes of play on Thursday at Roland Garros. With the match level at one set-all, Del Potro served at 1-1 in the second set, but Almagro did not return the serve and collapsed in agony behind the baseline. Del Potro raced over to console Almagro, who has suffered a number of injuries in recent years, and walked him to his courtside chair. "I don't feel good enough after this sad situation," said del Potro. "I wish a good recovery to Nico. Hopefully he can feel better very, very soon, because he's a great...
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