00:07I'm here to tell you that I'm going to retire from professional tennis.
00:17The reality is that these two last few years have been difficult.
00:23I think I've been unable to play without limitations.
00:30It's a decision that, evidently, is difficult. It took me a long time to take it.
00:37But in this life, everything has a beginning and a final.
00:43And I think it's the right time to put point and final to what has been a long career
00:51and much more successful than I could ever imagine.
01:01But it makes me a lot of ilusion that my last tournament
01:05be the final of the Copa Davis and representing my country.
01:10I think it's close the circle,
01:12because one of my first great memories as a professional tennis
01:17was the final of Sevilla in 2004.
01:26I feel super, super lucky for all the things I've been able to live.
01:34I want to thank all the tennis industry,
01:36all the people that have been involved in this sport,
01:39to my friends for so many years, especially my great rivalries.
01:47I've spent a lot of time with them
01:50and I've lived a lot of moments that I'm going to remember for the rest of my life.
01:58Talking about my team, it makes a bit more difficult,
02:03to know what my team has done before.
02:05My team has been a part very important to me in my life.
02:08They are not working, they are friends,
02:12and they have been to my side in those moments that I really needed.
02:17Good times, good times,
02:19those moments that have had to pressure,
02:21the moments that have had to break up.
02:22We have lived so much together that it is difficult to explain.
02:32The family is everything for me.
02:35My mother has done all the sacrifices that she had to do
02:42so that we always had everything.
02:45My wife, Mary, we have 19 years together.
02:50Thank you for everything you have done.
02:53She has been my perfect friend of travel during all these years of career.
02:58To come home and see how my son is growing,
03:02has been a force that has really remained alive
03:07and with the energy necessary to continue.
03:11My sister has always maintained an incredible relationship.
03:18My brother is the reason why I started playing tennis.
03:23I believe that, thanks to him,
03:25I have also been able to overcome many situations
03:28that have been difficult in my sports career.
03:34And my father, I believe that he has been a source of inspiration in all senses.
03:42He has been an example of effort, of superation.
03:47Thank you very much to my father in a very special way.
03:55And finally, you, the fans.
04:01I have no way to thank you for what you have made me feel.
04:05You have given me the energy that I needed in every moment.
04:10If I didn't see you with my own eyes.
04:12Realmente, todo lo que he vivido, pues,
04:15ha sido un sueño hecho realidad.
04:20Me voy con la tranquilidad absoluta
04:23de haber dado el máximo,
04:25de haberme esforzado en todos los sentidos.
04:32Solo puedo terminar diciendo mil gracias a todos
04:37y hasta pronto.
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