Nadal delivers heartbreaking final speech in his last singles match

Ver Nadal delivers heartbreaking final speech in his last singles match - Diario As en Dailymotion

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00:00Well, I have to start by saying thank you very much to everyone here.

00:07It has been an amazing few days.

00:13Thank you to His Excellency and all the people who put together a great effort

00:19organizing this great event, bringing fantastic players.

00:23And as Novak said, one of the most passionate crowds that we have played.

00:27So thank you very much for everything.

00:30Well, I want to just say a few words to Novak and his team.

00:38Thank you very much for everything, for what you said today

00:42and for all the moments that we shared on court during all our careers.

00:47It has been an amazing rivalry.

00:49I think, in a personal way, I have to say that you helped me to go over my limits

00:55during almost 15 years.

00:58So, yeah, thank you for that, because without that,

01:00probably I would not be the player that I am today.

01:07And congratulations for all the titles, an amazing career to you, to your team

01:11and I wish all the very best of luck for the future.

01:18And answering your question, what I'm going to miss the most is probably almost everything.

01:23Having a dream come true, being able to play for almost 20 years of career,

01:29being competitive and having the chance to play in the best places in the world,

01:34best tournaments, best stadiums, something that I watched on TV when I was a kid.

01:38So, at the end, I realized my dream to become a professional tennis player

01:44and be a successful one.

01:47I really can't thank enough the support and the love that I received all around.

01:53Having an amazing energy in every single tournament that I was able to play

01:58during all these years.

02:00Huge support, of course, from my team, from my family,

02:04but at the same time, from all the tennis world.

02:08It has been a huge pleasure to be around.

02:11I feel very fortunate to be a tennis player.

02:15We have a great tour and a lot of great people running the sport.

02:19So, I feel very fortunate and I want to thank everyone.