WATCH: Del Potro takes puppet form in yogurt commercial

It's a tough time, like most times, for avid followers of the career of Juan Martin del Potro. In January, he underwent his second knee surgery in seven months.

Here's something to cheer you up, though: a delightful Argentinian yogurt commercial featuring Del Potro in puppet form:

In the ad, for Yogurisimo, Del Potro explains complicated concepts in "Delpo básico"—first the Big Bang, then the "superfood" yogurt. If you eat the yogurt in the afternoon, he says, at night you'll have the energy to not be like this:

He most recently withdrew from the Delray Beach Open, and hasn't competed since last June.

There's no indication yet of when Del Potro might be back on the court, but what is clear is that he'll always be beloved, whether he's made of flesh or felt.