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It was rather quite around the reigning U.S. Open Champion Juan Martin Del Potro. The Argentine had wrist surgery earlier this year which prevented him from playing a regular season. But according to his camp, he is recovering quicker than expected and therefore has high hopes to defend his title next month at the last of the Grand Slam tournaments, starting in late August.

The USTA (United States Tennis Association) confirmed on Tuesday, that Del Potro has been put on the 2010 U.S. Open entry list and issued a statement saying that he’s expected to return to Flushing Meadow after he had to miss Wimbledon and the French Open earlier this year.

In 2009, Del Potro beat Roger Federer in five sets to claim his first grand slam title ever. In 2010 he went on to play the Australian Open, but then pulled out of other tournaments to announce that he was undergoing surgery.

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