Former world no.1 Simona Halep calls time on her career after a defeat to Lucia Bronzetti in her home country.
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00:00I don't know if it's because I'm sad or because I'm happy. I think both feelings are trying to get to me.
00:06But I make this decision with all my heart, and I've always been realistic with myself.
00:12My body can't take me as far as I want it to go.
00:17It's very hard for me to get there, and I know what it means to get there.
00:21That's why I wanted to come to Cluj today, to play in front of you,
00:28and to say goodbye on the tennis court.
00:32Even if my performance wasn't very good, it was with all my heart,
00:36and I'm very happy that you came.
00:39Who knows if I'll come back, but for now,
00:45it's the last time I play here, and I don't want to cry.
00:50It's a beautiful thing. I got to the World Cup, I won the Grand Slam,
00:54it's all I wanted.
00:59Life goes on, it's life after tennis,
01:03and I hope to see you again as many times as possible.
01:06I'll come to play tennis, of course, I'll keep playing tennis,
01:09but to be competitive, I need a lot more, and right now, I can't.