New York. I still don’t have the words for last night. I first came here in 2003, a kid playing the juniors, looking at those big courts and dreaming of the day I would walk onto them. From that moment, this tournament became one of my favorites. The one I always wanted to be part of. There is something about this place that you can’t explain: the noise, the lights, the energy that hits you the second you step out there. More than twenty years later, I played my last Grand Slam match on those same courts. And you gave me a night I will carry with me for the rest of my life. The crowd was extraordinary, the atmosphere was extraordinary. You have always been that way with me, from the very first time until the very last. Thank you for the love. Thank you for the memories. Thank you for everything. From the bottom of my heart. ❤️ 📸 : Getty Images