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"I thought about retiring for a moment. I had no chance to win the match," Rafa said at the press conference. "I knew that after four games, five games, but "I felt real bad, you know, is difficult for me to go off court. It’s not nice for the crowd, not nice for the tournament, not nice for the opponent, too, no?"