Marcus Stoimaier

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[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

@SKSturm @NFFC Endlich bekommt der Papa seine Revanche 😅🖤

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

@ger_fru absolut. Waren richtig giftig und aufgezuckert - ein Glück, dass die nicht immer so gekickt haben ...

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

Kleiner Bomber bekommt nach Radl-Kauf beim #gigasport vom äußerst netten Verkäufer ein Sturm-Pickerl - "wir Schwoaze halten zamm". Und pickt schon am neuen Radl 😅💪🏻🖤

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

@13puma12 offensiv is halt schwierig, wennst gefühlt immer mit einem weniger vorn spielst. Und viel schlechter verteidigen als beim 2. und 3. tor is a schwierig

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

@SKSturm Goatashvili 🙏🏻

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

Alter Schwede, was für Worte, was für Legenden!

[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

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

großartig :)

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

A hairdresser in Barcelona made his customers wear Real Madrid jersey aprons. 😂

This kind of harmless humor is always good, we need to laugh.

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

@bernd_pekari der war halt aufgelegt 😅 sehr oft übrigens am Nacken oder etwas weiter südlich ✌🏻

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

@WisiakHanno ein unglaublich feiner und lieber Mensch. Sehr traurig.

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

@speckk0pf Mir tuts vor allem für die beiden Spieler echt leid. Gerade die 2 hätten es so verdient gehabt, sich auf großer Bühne zu präsentieren.

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

@ger_fru @SkySportAustria wirklich geil! Freut sich jetzt, dass die Austria noch so unglaublich viel Kraft hat, Sturm unter Druck zu setzen. Jo eh, warum nur?!?

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

Die hätten heut in 7 Std. kein Tor gegen uns gemacht. Unglaublich, sich so blöd anzustellen. Vor allem Jattas 2. Foul lässt einen ziemlich schmähstad zurück. So eine hinige Truppe ins Spiel zurückzubringen ... #FAKSTU

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

@kernoelberni aber gib zu, dassd kurz zittert hast, dass der eh rein geht. Aber komplette Steigerung, von allen!

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

@speckk0pf @kernoelberni passt. I vertrau.

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

@Stofferl Nachdem die Auswärtskurve wohl net kommt (und beim nächsten Derby umgekehrt), wird da nix sein.

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

na servas ...

[Florian Klenk @florianklenk]

Was für eine Scheisse

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

@Stofferl Hab nix gesehen, nur jetzt nachgelesen bzw. geschaut. Aber wieder einmal ganz tolle Werbung für den Fußball.

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

@chiaravonfa @Drowhunter bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass du in Graz bei der Feuerwehr bzw. bei den dementsprechenden Depots Sandsäcke holen kannst.

[Marcus Stoimaier @MarcusStoi]

@BVB "Verstehst es Oida? Man isst afoch kan Salat ohne Kernöl!"