• 5 months ago
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00:00Now I feel stressed.
00:07Big day.
00:14The only way they're going to get confirmation is from you.
00:19And they're going to get it today.
00:21Hopefully I will not be using those tissues, but I'm an emotional guy so we'll never know.
00:30I am 41 years old. I've played more than 1,500 matches over 24 years.
00:36Tennis has treated me more generously than I ever would have dreamt.
00:40And now I must recognize when it is time to end my competitive career.
00:45What are we, 45 minutes away from posting?
00:48Every message now I'm like, Will!
00:52Losing someone of Roger's magnitude will be tough.
00:57I used to watch the players with a sense of wonder. They were like giants to me, and I began to dream.
01:06It's a sad day for tennis, but you know, Roger's legacy will live forever, that's for sure.
01:13I thought until this morning I had emotions in check, but I can feel it coming up.
01:21He will play the Labour Cup, that'll be his last match of his career.
01:24Djokovic, Liddell, Murray, they're all going to be there.
01:27To know I will not have this feeling again, it's painful.
01:32A mountain of memories are flooding back to him right now.
01:37These are the nerves I'm going to miss once I'm officially retired.
01:44Finally, to the game of tennis, I love you and will never leave you.
01:54It's a journey, thank you everybody.