Fede Ruiz

i huff and puff a lot

[José Kilgorinho @billkilgore_]

JOSÉ MOURINHO

[Tiempo De Tenis @Tiempodetenis1]

Gracias.

Simplemente gracias.

[VSports Team @VSportsTM]

Es muy probable que nunca hayas visto una carrera con obstáculos tan difícil como esta. Es realmente hipnotizante ¿El desenlace? Véalo usted mismo 👇

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[𝔸𝕣𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕠 ℂ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕘𝕟𝕖́ ℂ𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕣 @acastagne]

Mensaje claro y contundente del Presidente número 47 de los Estados Unidos a los socialistas, los describe de cuerpo entero.

La llegada de @realDonaldTrump a la Casa Blanca puede ser un respiro para México 🇲🇽

[Tiempo De Tenis @Tiempodetenis1]

No hay video que ilustre mejor lo que significa Rafael Nadal en Roland Garros.

El único jugador capaz de ganarte antes de salir a jugar.

Gracias para siempre 🧡

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

BREAKING:

Rafa Nadal announces he will retire from professional tennis at the Davis Cup.

Giant of sport.

Legend in every tennis fans heart.

There will never be another Rafa Nadal.

🥹💔

[Bastien Fachan @BastienFachan]

The way Federer plays tennis like that’s what he was put on Earth to do will never cease to glue me to the screen, even when he's 80 and the equivalent of Rod Laver in young people's minds

🎥 @TennisLegende

[El Club del Arte 🎨📷📚🖼🕍🎼 @Arteymas_]

Esta es la Panadería Santa Caterina, Altamura, Puglia, Italia 🇮🇹 .

Es la panadería comunitaria más antigua de Italia, activa desde 1391.

El arte de hacer pan:

[Andy Murray @andy_murray]

Never even liked tennis anyway.

[Fede Ruiz @fedexruiz]

@alerma24_ Creo que se refiere a que a Bélgica le tocó jugar contra esas generaciones

[ESPN MMA @espnmma]

This artwork for Prochazka vs. Pereira is too perfect 🔥

Samurai vs. Warrior ⚔️ 🏹 #UFC303

(📸 longlivemidhat/IG)

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Jannik Sinner’s new commercial for Lavazza is comedy. 😂

This guy is so marketable. 🦊

[Real Madrid C.F. @realmadrid]

Comunicado oficial: Mbappé.
#RealMadrid

[Manuel Clouthier C. @ClouthierManuel]

Esto ya se chjngó ! el resultado electoral de triunfo de la 4 t por 2 a 1 sobre la oposición es señal que ya se le inyectó el populismo en las venas al pueblo de Mexico y que revertirlo nos costará generaciones enteras como a los argentinos ! Mal augurio para Mexico

[Real Madrid C.F. @realmadrid]

ETERNO.
#CHAMP15NS

[Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 @realmadriden]

🏆 WE ARE THE #CHAMP15NS OF EUROPE! 🏆

[Trunks @trunksRM7]

Era su copa del mundo, que monstruosidad de jugador esta fichando el Madrid. https://t.co/kE3AsUkwEq