Rafael Nadal added to his already illustrious career with his 12th Roland Garros title on Sunday, beating Dominic Thiem with relative ease.
The Twitter world exploded with congratulatory messages for the 18-time Grand Slam winner.
The King of Clay does not like to share his wealth. Congrats @RafaelNadal on #12!
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) June 9, 2019
What a final @rolandgarros @ThiemDomi !! 12 🏆 @RafaelNadal 👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻💪🏻 #TheKingOfClay
— Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) June 9, 2019
🇫🇷🏆🎾 Nuestro socio de honor @RafaelNadal sigue haciendo más grande su leyenda y ya es 12 veces campeón de @rolandgarros. ¡Felicidades, Rafa! ¡Eres el mejor!#HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/HRhadI9ykV
— Real Madrid C.F.⚽ (@realmadrid) June 9, 2019
@RafaelNadal es único,disfrutemoslo porque no volveremos a ver un deportista de este nivel donde reune todos los valores. 🙌👏👏. Enhorabuena a todo el team!! pic.twitter.com/XSAlDabg8h
— David Ferrer (@DavidFerrer87) June 9, 2019
¡Grande Rafa!!
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🎾 🎾🎾🎾#rolandgarros !!!!@RafaelNadal no tiene limites
Enhorabuena 👏👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/jQsVftc6qs— Antonio Banderas (@antoniobanderas) June 9, 2019
12 times!!!!! Unbelievable. @RafaelNadal
— Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) June 9, 2019
So exciting to see @RafaelNadal make history with #12. Incredible. #FrenchOpen
Respect to @ThiemDomi, the future.
— Ben Stiller (@RedHourBen) June 9, 2019
Sin palabras… Muchas felicidades! Único, @RafaelNadal! pic.twitter.com/G7Zuu51eFD
— Andrés Iniesta (@andresiniesta8) June 10, 2019
Lo has vuelto a conseguir @RafaelNadal. Orgullosos de tener un deportista en nuestro país como tú ¡ENHORABUENA RAFA! 🇪🇸 🔝 🏆 pic.twitter.com/IBy2CYhV38
— Iker Casillas (@IkerCasillas) June 9, 2019
I see it but I don’t believe it… someone can win 12 @rolandgarros singles titles. @RafaelNadal what a performance! #TheKingOfClay
— Lleyton Hewitt (@lleytonhewitt) June 9, 2019
Hard to even wrap my head around your 93-2 record at @rolandgarros. What an incredible accomplishment to win your 12th title, congratulations @RafaelNadal! 👏🙌☝️✌️
— Kevin Anderson (@KAndersonATP) June 9, 2019
Simply magnificent @RafaelNadal Winning a grand slam isn’t easy. Winning 12 French titles is beyond belief. Congratulations King of Clay! #RG19 pic.twitter.com/dixVVDRIh4
— Rod Laver (@rodlaver) June 9, 2019
1⃣2⃣ Son los meses del año.
1⃣2⃣ Son los signos zodiacales.
1⃣2⃣ Son las campanadas que anuncian un nuevo año.Y…. ¡¡¡1⃣2⃣ SON LOS @rolandgarros DE DON @RafaelNadal!!!
🙌🏽 Eres inspiración, eres ejemplo, eres L E Y E N D A.
💪🏽🇪🇸 HOY Y SIEMPRE… ¡¡¡VAMOS, RAFA!!!#RG19 pic.twitter.com/OzYVwFs9Wi
— Selección Española de Fútbol (@SeFutbol) June 9, 2019
Ni uno, ni dos, ni tres, ni cuatro, ni cinco, ni seis, ni siete, ni ocho, ni nueve, ni diez, ni once… Ya van 12 🏆 #RolandGarros!!!!!! 😱😱😱😱😱
Qué GRANDE eres @RafaelNadal!!!!!! #Leyenda pic.twitter.com/rsy8kNpySG
— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) June 9, 2019
Muchas gracias por estas nuevas páginas en la historia y por todas las otras escritas,,, @RafaelNadal #NoLimits #RG2019 12 x 🏆 pic.twitter.com/6Fg2HcfER9
— Gustavo Kuerten (@gugakuerten) June 9, 2019
Qué felicidad!!!! Qué orgullo @RafaelNadal #RafaNadal #RolanGarros pic.twitter.com/Hcp8YUcBY7
— David Bisbal (@davidbisbal) June 9, 2019
Amazing- Nadal did it again!!! The greatest accomplishment in tennis IMO…
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) June 9, 2019
Nada que decir….. 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 #RollandGarros pic.twitter.com/1tgWfpRjwM
— Rudy Fernandez (@rudy5fernandez) June 9, 2019
Congratulations @RafaelNadal !!!!!!! https://t.co/ktbws7M8G6
— Kristina Mladenovic (@KikiMladenovic) June 9, 2019
There will never be another Nadal. Congratulations to @RafaelNadal on an incredible 12th French Open win. A genius on clay, with a tremendous work ethic, he’s a role model both on and off the court. Well done! #RG19 https://t.co/sAmolnGuUW
— Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) June 9, 2019
After a dozen roland garros titles, Tournament finals should be on a Saturday and winner to play Rafa on Sunday 😉😊 https://t.co/Rm3332GIFa
— Rohan Bopanna (@rohanbopanna) June 9, 2019
@RafaelNadal on clay = cheat code!!! 🙌🙌🙌
— alex de minaur (@alexdeminaur) June 9, 2019
¿Se retirará @RafaelNadal con más @rolandgarros que @ChampionsLeague el @realmadrid?
¡Enhorabuena, bestia! 👽#12RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/X1TQ0L13VC— Álvaro Arbeloa (@aarbeloa17) June 9, 2019
12? Really @RafaelNadal ? Totally run out of superlatives for this kind of clay court tennis. Never to be matched in my lifetime and still going. Congratulations legend.
— James Blake (@JRBlake) June 9, 2019
Cada partido que juega @RafaelNadal se aprende algo nuevo. El mejor competidor de la historia (para mi)
— diego schwartzman (@dieschwartzman) June 9, 2019
12?!?!?!?! I mean!!! Unstoppable!
— Daria Gavrilova (@Daria_gav) June 9, 2019
Wow @RafaelNadal wins his 12th @rolandgarros title!
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Simply unbelievable. #RG19
— Pat Cash (@TheRealPatCash) June 9, 2019
Congrats, @RafaelNadal! 12th @rolandgarros title! What an accomplishment. Incredible mental and physical strengths. One of the fittest athlete on tour. A great champion. Respect! #RG19 #Nadal
— Nicolas Kiefer (@Nicolas_Kiefer) June 9, 2019
Outstanding performance once again. Congrats @RafaelNadal to your historical 12th Grand Slam title @rolandgarros 🎾🤴💪🌟👏👏👏
— Jonas Bjorkman (@BjorkmanTennis) June 9, 2019
What a champion!! 12th @rolandgarros for @RafaelNadal !! I am lost of worlds in front of this achievement
A special mention for @domithiem for an amazing tournament and his sportsmanship
I am sure he will win this tournament one day!#RG19 #RafaNadal pic.twitter.com/imIMMYlVAo— Marion bartoli (@bartoli_marion) June 9, 2019
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆@RafaelNadal#VamosRafa #Leyenda #12RolandGarros https://t.co/zRWtTnme5Z
— Sergio Ramos (@SergioRamos) June 9, 2019
Truly amazing! The King of Clay! 12🏆 #rg2019 #rafanadal pic.twitter.com/CbkUvnQp24
— Anastasia Rodionova (@arodionova) June 9, 2019
¡¡¡Tremendo @RafaelNadal!!!
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/QOgPHXMumG— Anabel Medina (@anabelmedina) June 9, 2019
Inigualable!!!
12 Roland Garros 🎾🏆 Enhorabuena!!!! @RafaelNadal pic.twitter.com/56B0tZf2ZF— Carla Suárez Navarro (@CarlaSuarezNava) June 9, 2019
Me podría haber ganado la vida como futurólogo,predije que @RafaelNadal ganaría hasta los 60 @rolandgarros y un año más lo hace suyo #bestial #RolandNadal Enhorabuena, increíble lo que está haciendo por el tenis español y mundial
— Nico Almagro (@NicoAlmagro) June 9, 2019
No hay palabras para describir lo que es @RafaelNadal 🙌🙌🙌🙌1️⃣2️⃣ @rolandgarros 👏👏👏👏 #TheKingOfClay #leyenda #RG19 pic.twitter.com/45JmO2U9Mx
— Gabriela Sabatini (@sabatinigabyok) June 9, 2019
Rafa Nadal gana Roland Garros (no importa que año leas esto)
Increible! 🙌👏 #12 pic.twitter.com/ZIY0gATYDg— Lara Arruabarrena (@laraarrua) June 9, 2019
Rien de spécial à @rolandgarros cette année 😂🙏
Bravo RAFA THE KING OF CLAY 🙏❤️ https://t.co/nAYr3Rqc2b
— Ons Jabeur (@Ons_Jabeur) June 9, 2019
KING of @rolandgarros , KING of the clay . Incredible game !congratulations @RafaelNadal pic.twitter.com/8DhhGOs1PO
— Shuai Zhang (@zhangshuai121) June 9, 2019
When @Martina reached 9 @Wimbledon titles all in Open Era, the number seemed untouchable at one major, @RafaelNadal is about to hit TWELVE @rolandgarros unfathomable but for having seen it happen the last 14 years.
— Pam Shriver (@PHShriver) June 9, 2019
AGAIN AND AGAIN!
YOU ARE NUMBER ONE!
VAMOS RAFA!
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Congratulations Rafa King of Clay. You’re a Genius, a wonderful Sport n a gentleman on n off the Court. I am 83 n so lucky to have been able to see you win all your Cups. God bless n grant you good health. Vamos Rafa. From your Aussie Abuela Nan-Shirley. 🏆👑🎉🎉💥💥.
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Still overcome with joy; I cried. Congratulations to my beloved Rafa.
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Rafa you are my inspiration, congratulation on 12, many won’t say GOAT but the record is there to stay. # 1 fan
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Rafa,the personification of tenacity and humility of a living tennis legend!!viva RAFA!
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Thank You Rafa GREAT Champion many thanks well done! ❤ Amazing man you made my day happy thank you very much! Congratulations You're blessed ❤
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18 and counting! Twitter has been lighting up with well deserved messages of admiration and appreciation for what Rafa has achieved. A genius at work on the red dirt. What’s more his backhand is now a lethal weapon – razor sharp, hard and flat. Congratulations champ and keep on being hungry for more!
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Rafa…I saw your tears and gratitude!!! Mine were also shed that I have lived long enough(83) to watch you accomplish your dreams!!!! I know that you are an inspiration to all who follow you !!! God Bless You!!
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12AFA! Just amazing ❤
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Congratulations Rafa you were amazing, so wonderful to watch. You made us all so proud, our true King of Clay x
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Marvellous my Rafa! No words to describe this achievement or my feelings on this day!
Your the absolute indisputable King of clay and tennis on the whole. What a player what a character what a man!!!!!!!
Such a joy watching you play. Lights up the day and life too.
Wish you all the best for all your future endeavours. Your number 1 fan.
💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀😘😘😘😘😘🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Rafa you are phenomenal 12th time, I hope they have your stature in the next Rafa court. Congratulation
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That’s really sweet and kind of everyone.
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Rafa Nadal it is so exciting to watch you play tennis, i have never enjoyed watching tennis more sice you came on thev tour, you are joy to watch .Congratz on your 12th RG.tittle and your 18th Grand Slam win. Bless you Rafa.
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Long live the king 👑
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THE KING RAFA
INCROYABLE,INTOUCHABLE…
ROLAND GARROS SHOULD CHANGE IS NAME FOR RAFAEL NADAL
LONG LIVE RAFA!!!
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Rafa Nadal it is so exciting to watch you play tennis, i have never enjoyed watching tennis more sice you came on thev tour, you are joy to watch .Congratz on your 12th RG.tittle and your 18th Grand Slam win. Bless you Rafa.
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Rafa what a performace. Is a fact that no one can do what I do on the clay! Congratulations to a awesome player!
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Unbelievable Rafa! Simply amazing! Vamos!
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12AFA…congrats Rafa…you didi it..in simply amazing way👏🎄👏
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