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BARCLAYS DUBAI TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPSFebruary 23, 2009Fabrice SantoroDUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES F. SANTORO/V. Hansecu THE MODERATOR: Questions, please. Q. This is a frequent question, but is this really going to be your last season? FABRICE SANTORO: Yes, it is, yeah. Q. You'll miss Dubai, won't you? FABRICE SANTORO: What? Q. You'll miss Dubai. You've been here over a period of 17 years. FABRICE SANTORO: Yeah, yeah, it's kind of normal for me to come here in February, since 17 years. But I'll be 37 at the end of the year, and I think it's time to maybe try to do something else. Even if I love my job, I have to take a decision one day. Q. Is it going to be a difficult year going to places you know that you won't go back to? FABRICE SANTORO: I'll be back to Dubai. Not as a player probably, but I'll be back to Dubai. Every city, every week, is special for me, because when I land in the city, I say, it's the last check in, as a player. But I was very lucky. I've been doing this for 21 years, and I feel very lucky. When I started, I never thought I could do it for more than ten years. Q. There will be places you won't go back to; which place would you miss most? FABRICE SANTORO: I will miss -- this week, I will miss Dubai. I will miss Melbourne. I will miss actually all four Grand Slam, and playing in front of the French crowd. Yes, I will miss -- what can I say? Yeah. Q. You said you want to do something else. Do you have any plans, as yet? FABRICE SANTORO: Doing something else means sleeping in my bed first. Something that's normal for you, but not for me. (Laughter). Then, I will see. I have started to think about it. Nothing is fixed yet, but every day I'm thinking about it. Q. Do you think you will still be in tennis? FABRICE SANTORO: I can play one part probably in tennis and one part, I hope outside of tennis, to keep one foot in tennis, and also to see if I'm able to do something out of tennis, it's a good challenge for me. End of FastScripts |
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