David Ferrer gives key advice to young promising tennis players
David Ferrer lost to Albert Ramos in a three-set second round match at the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires last Thursday and in a press conference, the 36-year-old Spanish player said: "I will miss playing in Argentina and feeling your support, this court has been very special in my career. Thank you, everyone, for all these years. Besides the matches won, I take the people's support; I always felt it and I thank a lot for the tributes. I feel very proud of my career, and it's a great proudness for me to stop competing at a good level and is surrounded by all the amazing people who influenced my trajectory. I feel privileged to see the people who appreciate me. I am proud to have given something good. Giving love and getting it back is very nice and important."
Ferrer was asked to give advice to the guys who dream to become professional players. "It's important to follow routines, enjoy tennis, try to enjoy what tennis gives you, not just being on a court, and accepting good and bad moments and learning from them", said Ferrer.
Asked about how he will approach the post-career life, the 36-year-old added: "The close people are important as well as the education. Everyone lives it in his own life. When you have been doing a job for a long time, you obviously struggle in the beginning. I feel happy, calm, I gave everything on the court. My career was very good and long for a sportsman and now I switched to another step: I have a family, I want to live other things and my priority is different."
Ferrer received a lot of messages from players and he thanked them: "I am very grateful because they speaking well of me and having good mates and friends are the most important thing, giving something not just as a tennis player but as a person."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2Xd3m5M
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