Del Potro offered Monte Carlo wildcard

PARIS (AFP) –

Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro plays at the ATP World Tour Finals in London on November 11, 2012. Del Potro has been given a wildcard entry for the Monte Carlo Masters later this month, tournament director Zeljko Franulovic has said.

Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro has been given a wildcard entry for the Monte Carlo Masters later this month, tournament director Zeljko Franulovic said on Tuesday.

The world number seven is the second to be offered the invitation to play in the principality after France’s Gael Monfils.

Nine of the top 10 players in the ATP world rankings will play at the tournament from April 14 to 21, with Roger Federer the only notable absentee, although organisers are still hopeful that he will accept a last-minute wildcard entry.