Stars such as Roger Federer, Cristiano Ronaldo, Toni Kroos and Marc Marquez have paid their tributes to Rafael Nadal after the Spaniard announced his retirement from tennis.
An unbelievable career for Rafael Nadal as he cemented his place as one of the greatest players of all time.
The Spaniard won 22 Grand Slam singles titles as well as spending a combined total of 209 weeks at world number one.
A true icon of the sport and Nadal will bow out at the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga as he represents tennis one final time.
The impact that Nadal had on global sport will be felt for an eternity and the evidence of that has been the amount of messages the Spaniard has received.
On Instagram the likes of Roger Federer, Cristiano Ronaldo, Coco Gauff, Toni Kroos all paid tribute to the Spanish sporting icon.
Meanwhile on Twitter there were tributes from Moto GP legend Marc Marquez as well as tennis current players such as Caroline Garcia, Katie Boulter and Ons Jabeur.
Here are some of the best reactions to Nadal’s retirement on Twitter as the Spaniard aims to bring back some of his vintage tennis when the Davis Cup Finals takes place from the 19th-24th November.
