About a month ago, João Sousa announced his departure. The Estoril Open 2024 would be his last tournament as a professional tennis player because “recent times have been very difficult” for him, a daily struggle against injuries and fatigue. There was an aura of farewell at the beginning of the afternoon on the central court for the confrontation with the young Frenchman Arthur Fils, but the best Portuguese tennis player of all time wanted to defy expectations and postpone the end for a few more days and, who knows, continue to do so. until the final, as he had done in 2018. Sousa appeared fresh, light and confident, but Fils, 16 years younger, didn’t let the Guimarães tennis player prolong his farewell.
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