Congratulations from all corners of the globe flooded social media after Rafael Nadal made history with his men’s singles championship at the Australian Open.
Congratulations to @RafaelNadal for 21st GS. Amazing achievement. Always impressive fighting spirit that prevailed another time. Enhorabuena 👏🏆👍 @Medwed33 gave it his all out there and played with the passion and determination we have come to expect from him. pic.twitter.com/DsOvK8idNc
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) January 30, 2022
Qué bien representas los valores del deporte. 🤝 Don @RafaelNadal #Respect pic.twitter.com/eelaWUEmmN
— Luka Modrić (@lukamodric10) January 30, 2022
A final of Herculean proportions, thank you for a brilliant contest @RafaelNadal and @DaniilMedwed. Two AO crowns and 21 majors, given everything you have endured this historic victory is so special Rafa. It has been a privilege to watch you doing what you love. Congratulations🚀
— Rod Laver (@rodlaver) January 30, 2022
¡Vamos, Rafa! ¡Vamos, Rafa! ¡¡¡Vamos!!!
— Casa de S.M. el Rey (@CasaReal) January 30, 2022
@RafaelNadal #AusOpen #AO2022
👏 Congratulations! 2️⃣1️⃣
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) January 30, 2022
👊 VAMOS, @RafaelNadal! 👊 #AO2022 pic.twitter.com/fQ5LL0ItMn
Felicitaciones @rafaelnadal, impresionante logro! Junto con @medwed33 hicieron una final increíble!!! pic.twitter.com/sZhl8gGrFu
— Juan M. del Potro (@delpotrojuan) January 30, 2022
Wow. Congrats @RafaelNadal ! An absolute pleasure to watch
— andyroddick (@andyroddick) January 30, 2022
Marc Lopez is his good luck charm !!! What an amazing final !❤️🇦🇺🎾🏆 @RafaelNadal
— Kim Clijsters (@Clijsterskim) January 30, 2022
I am SO nervous. And tearful ! If you know you know… @AustralianOpen
— Miranda Hart (@mermhart) January 30, 2022
Never give up. Never stop believing. Thank you, @RafaelNadal ❤️ pic.twitter.com/N6vm7QNOVr
— David de Gea (@D_DeGea) January 30, 2022
Congratulations @RafaelNadal on winning #AO2022 🇦🇺 It’s a night I will never forget. To come back from 2 sets down and watch you fight for every point, in pain, was incredible. Amazing performance also by @DaniilMedwed enjoyed watching him play. 🎾👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/THK1Ev6cwH
— Eric Bana (@EricBana67) January 30, 2022
It seems like that was one of the best comebacks ever? Incredible tennis. Medvedev played amazingly and
— Ben Stiller (@RedHourBen) January 30, 2022
Congrats to #RafaelNadal ✊✊✊ #VamosRafa #AusOpen
Rafael Nadal. That’s the tweet.
— Toni Kroos (@ToniKroos) January 30, 2022
@RafaelNadal #GOAT 🐐
— Garbiñe Muguruza (@GarbiMuguruza) January 30, 2022
Que grande eres!
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
What a final 🔥🎾@AustralianOpen @DaniilMedwed @RafaelNadal !!
— Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) January 30, 2022
The best!! pic.twitter.com/T6x5yRJO6x
— David Ferrer (@DavidFerrer87) January 30, 2022
Rafael Nadal everyone.
— Patrick McEnroe (@PatrickMcEnroe) January 30, 2022
RAFAEL NADAL
Raaaafaaaa!! Fenomenalny, niesamowity, szacun. @RafaelNadal @AustralianOpen #Respect
— Aga Radwanska (@ARadwanska) January 30, 2022
Mamita!!! #21 @RafaelNadal 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
— diego schwartzman (@dieschwartzman) January 30, 2022
RAFA NADAL is officially GOAT👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
— Kafelnikov Yevgeny (@KYevgeni) January 30, 2022
Rafaaaaa 🙏🏻
— Simona Halep (@Simona_Halep) January 30, 2022
#21 @RafaelNadal
Tremendous respect @RafaelNadal heroic effort.. @DaniilMedwed many more GS titles to come, great fight👏👏What a final👍👍
— Chris Evert (@ChrissieEvert) January 30, 2022
Wow @RafaelNadal!!! What a legend. 🏆 #AusOpen
— Madison Keys (@Madison_Keys) January 30, 2022
Extraordinary comeback from @RafaelNadal Congrats!! #21 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
— Tracy Austin (@thetracyaustin) January 30, 2022
Everyone needs to be more ‘Rafa’ in their lives. What a mentality, what a warrior, what an inspiration! 🤩 #AusOpen
— Jil Teichmann (@jilteichmann) January 30, 2022
King numero XXI 👑 pic.twitter.com/3jvnj28ujM
— Tomáš Berdych (@tomasberdych) January 30, 2022
Recomiendo no buscar explicaciones ni intentar analizar lo que @RafaelNadal ha hecho hoy.Simplemente disfrútenlo.¿Cómo se pueden transmitir tantas emociones golpeando una 🎾? Gracias por tu ejemplo.❤️
— Feliciano López (@feliciano_lopez) January 30, 2022
GREATEST. ATHLETE. OF. ALL. TIME.
— Nicolas Kiefer (@Nicolas_Kiefer) January 30, 2022
21 Grand Slam titles… Pure admiration for @RafaelNadal and his historic achievement 👑🏆 @AustralianOpen https://t.co/n7Vl9tIZFs
— Angelique Kerber (@AngeliqueKerber) January 30, 2022
🙌 Enhorabuena, @RafaelNadal. Has hecho historia. Estamos orgullosos de tu gesta y los valores que demuestras. Lo importante no son tus 21 títulos de Grand Slam, es cómo los has conseguido.#GOAT #VamosRafa
— Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti) January 30, 2022
📸 @AustralianOpen pic.twitter.com/DGyhig9gjB
No hay palabras para describir tu grandeza! Felicitaciones @RafaelNadal !! #21! Vamos 🙌🏼 @AustralianOpen #AO2022 #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/mLgRtYgDu9
— Gabriela Sabatini (@sabatinigabyok) January 30, 2022
VIVA RAFAEL NADAL !!!! El más grande de todos !!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ @RafaelNadal #AusOpen
— Juan Monaco (@picomonaco) January 30, 2022
All words are meaningless. Huge congrats to @ashbarty what a performance front of your home crowd! Congratulations to the legend @RafaelNadal for 21st GS. Incredible achievement 💪🏆
— Karolina Pliskova (@KaPliskova) January 30, 2022
#21 🙌🙌🙌 @RafaelNadal pic.twitter.com/VH9NPYHHoI
— Fabio Fognini (@fabiofogna) January 30, 2022
Enhorabuena @RafaelNadal por una nueva gesta.
— Carla Suárez Navarro (@CarlaSuarezNava) January 30, 2022
Tu ética de trabajo, tu entrega y tu capacidad de superación son un ejemplo para todos. Siempre eres capaz de sorprendernos.#TheBest21 pic.twitter.com/6tmbEmT21b
21 Grand Slams, que no son nada comparado con el legado que agrandas día a día. Enhorabuena, @RafaelNadal!!! 🐐 #AusOpen #AdvantageNadal @Nike pic.twitter.com/IgXhLWH5fI
— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) January 30, 2022
He desayunado con Rafa y estoy comiendo con Rafa!! Qué locura!! Vamooos @RafaelNadal !!! @AustralianOpen
— Marc Márquez (@marcmarquez93) January 30, 2022
I just cried @RafaelNadal you are my idol 😭
— Alize Cornet (@alizecornet) January 30, 2022
Rafa, your spirit and fight has no limit. You are a true inspiration to us all.
— Petra Kvitova (@Petra_Kvitova) January 30, 2022
Thank you for teaching us what it means to never give up.
Enjoy #21 🏆 #AusOpen @RafaelNadal https://t.co/dDpZeZ3sYK
That is absolutely magnificent. Stunning to say the least.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 30, 2022
From 2 sets down to come back and win your 21st Grand Slam is incredible.
Congratulations @RafaelNadal!#AusOpen pic.twitter.com/VHjjlb4GFN
Unbelievable Rafa . Magnificent Rafa . What a player and such brilliance in fighting back. Rafa had a great chance in set 2 to win it ;but Medvedev was awesome and would not yield .a match to remember for life. Wow wow wow wow wow . Just too good.
Been quiet all this time since Sunday….so on a high, savouring all of Rafa’s 21 majors.
Soooo happy!!!
Oh, the agony and the ecstasy of sport, of following your hero, of caring for Rafa and what this means to him…
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Tooooooo amazing by champion Rafa . What a pulsating finals . Just 2 champions going at each other for 5hours ++++++ . Very high quality match Daniil was phenomenal too. Rafa was out of the world with his shots . incredible match . Will be in my memory for 50 years & more. Awesome . Super congrats to both . Rafa is a genius.
Hi Mr Wonderful tennis player ever. I’m a 94 yr old fan that cried along with you my emotions were as high as yours we all wanted this win as much as you. I worried with Med stsrting out so well and thlinking now you had to win the next 3. No problem you did it. What an exciting match to watch. Can’t wait for Roland Garros now. Stay well and enjoy your time between tournaments. By the way we are both Geminis mine is the 6th. 95 next..
Djokovic first congratuleted Barty and then Rafa. He didn’t know how to write it obviously so his PR team had to think something just that he also mentions Rafa after all the mess he caused Down Under with his visa.
Huge congratulations champ Rafa. You’re an amazing, a legend, a great fighter who’s sooooo passionate about the sports he likes and loves most. ❤ what an incredible remarkable, unthinkable comeback after 2 sets down. 👏. Bravo 👏 🙌 👌 👍. Luv u to bits ❤ for making us Rafans happy once again 😊 😃 . Vamps Rafa.
A well deserve victory for Rafa Nadal…..a strong fighting spirit….
An example for all…God Bless…
I am truly thankful that I have lived long enough to see Rafa get the praise he deserves..,,,,,,,,..,,,from around the world, He represents everything that sports and humanbeingship are all about. Thank you Rafa, thank you. I am 86 and have been a fan for all your tennis years and to see you do your best at this point is so very gratifying. AGAIN, THANK YOU,,,,CHAMP.
It was classy of both Roger and Novak to send congratulations.
I hope Rafa decides to start a family while he’s on tour. I appreciate his dilemma, but he still has plenty to play for, whilst at the same time he needs to consider his wife. I expect there are a lot of family members around to give support. Maybe I’m being selfish, but those are my thoughts.
I also wish Rafa mentions his wife Mery more.. It would be really nice to hear a bit more of acnowledgement for Mery in his speeches.
His wife is very shy doesnt speak english
His wife did a Masters at University in London so I think she can speak English
Same in my opinion hé can play and have family at same time hé should play lessen tournaments
Maria is fluent in Spanish and Catalan of course and according to her LinkedIn profile has complete professional competency in English. She needs to use that in her capacity as General Director of the FRN. I have heard her speak it while she was in India and on an RN Academy video. She has a charming Spanish accent just like Rafa.
For all we know, they may be trying but not be having any luck so far – I hope the media don’t drive him mad about it, because you never know what’s going on. But hopefully there will be a few little Nadals along before long.
It is intrusive to comment on Rafa’s personal life.It’s not our business. Rafa and Maria have a private and close relationship. Congratulations would be more appropriate that your intrusive post
Rafa has expressed that he wants a family but after he stops touring ~ I don’t blame him he is away from home so much. I Agree that it’s not our concern when & if he starts a family! And by the way Maria is fluent in English..I have heard her talking in some of his videos!
Well said E. Howard. i also find it intrusive to comment on Nadal’s, or any person’s private life.
Amen. I agree and I’m sure the real Rafa fans would also agree. The personal comment was extremely inappropriate. A total lack of respect and class.
Nice words❤️
What a man! What a match What! What a fairytale ending! Back from the brink and he rises like a phoenix from the ashes. Rafa is incredible! Like all true Rafa fans, I’m so proud to be a fan.
Our champ deserves the worldwide praise for such an amazing feat. Love, love, love it!
I think Ms. Kim Clijsters is right. Marc is Rafa’s lucky charm.👍
It’s not just the social media platforms but around the world EVERY LANGUAGE AND NEWSPAPER are also praising Rafa’s unbelievable victories #21 and #2
What an excellent fighter Rafa Nadal is well done
Vintage Rafa. He makes us “suffer” every point but never disappoints us. He is, in every way, a true winner in tennis and in life. It’s been a great ride along with him for 18 exciting years of tennis.
Congratulations well don well don Rafa vamosssssss 21 vamosssssss champ 🔥👏🏆👍🥰💪🇺🇸❤️💯🏆👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🔥