MaximeRafaFan

fan de tennis et de Rafael Nadal plus particulièrement!

[MaximeRafaFan @maximeRafafan]

Rafa a battu dimanche Ruud en 3 sets: 6/3 6/3 6/0! Quel champion monstrueux! Il a réalisé une fois de plus l'impossible! Quel légende unique profitons en tant qu'il joue encore! il a remporté son 14ème RG et son 22ème GC! Ces chiffres semblent irréels! Bravo rafa!👏 Vamooos!!💪🏆

[Rafa Nadal @RafaelNadal]

Merci la France 🇫🇷, merci Paris!

😘 @rolandgarros

[Rafa Nadal @RafaelNadal]

Thank you guys. From the bottom of my heart 😘

🙌🏻 @rogerfederer @DjokerNole @andy_murray

[Rafa Nadal @RafaelNadal]

Merci, @rolandgarros! I will never forget this amazing day! 🥹

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Rafa Nadal leaves his Roland Garros tribute with his son in his arm and a smile on his face.

Beautiful scenes. 🥹❤️

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

A final lap of honor that lasts forever 🧡 @RafaelNadal
#RolandGarros

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

Iconic 📸

#RolandGarros

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

For ever ♾️

#rolandgarros @RafaelNadal

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

✨ Legendary ✨

#RolandGarros

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

🥹

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

King 👑

#RolandGarros

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

Emotional times on Philippe-Chatrier 🥲

#RolandGarros

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

The man.
The myth.
The legend.
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓵𝓪𝔂.

#RolandGarros

[Rafa Nadal @RafaelNadal]

👋🏼 See you soon, Paris ☺️

[Rafa Nadal @RafaelNadal]

Thank you @Olympics for sending me this very special torch.

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games I experienced one of the most emotional days of my career and I’m thrilled to keep this torch in a remarkable place in the Museum ☺️

[Eurosport France @Eurosport_FR]

𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐈 𝐏𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐓, 𝐑𝐀𝐅𝐀. ❤️💛

[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

[Novak Djokovic @DjokerNole]

Thank you for pushing me to the very limit so many times in our rivalry that has impacted me the most as a player. Your passion for representing Spain has always been remarkable. I wish you best possible farewell in Malaga with Davis Cup team of Spain. I will be there in person to pay respect to your stellar career 🙌💪👏

[Novak Djokovic @DjokerNole]

Rafa, one post is not enough to express the respect I have for you and what you have done for our sport. You have inspired millions of children to start playing tennis and I think that’s probably greatest achievement anyone can wish for. Your tenacity, dedication, fighting spirit is going to be taught for decades. Your legacy will live forever. Only you know what you had to endure to become icon of tennis and sport in general.

[Tennis TV @TennisTV]

A role model to everyone 🙌

Fellow ATP players have their say on one of the greatest players to play their sport 🫶

@RafaelNadal

[Univers Tennis 🎾 @UniversTennis]

🏆 92 titres en simple
⭐️ 22 en Grand Chelem
🇫🇷 14 #RolandGarros
🇦🇺 2 Open d’Australie
🇬🇧 2 Wimbledon
🇺🇸 4 US Open
🥇 Jeux Olympiques
📊 1080 victoires

UN MYTHE
UNE LÉGENDE
MERCI RAFA ❤️🇪🇸