Iga Swiatek ne pouvait rater l'occasion de rendre hommage à Rafael Nadal. Fan du Taureau de Manacor, la Polonaise a elle aussi réagi à l'annonce de Rafa jeudi. L'Espagnol a décidé de prendre sa retraite après le Final 8 de Coupe Davis à Malaga. Via ses réseaux sociaux, la numéro 1 mondiale a salué "celui qui est toujours resté honnête avec lui-même et fidèle à lui-même". Grande supportrice de Nadal, Swiatek avait exprimé à plusieurs reprises son admiration envers le champion espagnol et aussi avoué avoir été intimidée lors des premières rencontres.
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00:00Hi Rafa, because of your announcement today, I think this is going to be a really special
00:08day for every tennis fan and I wanted just to speak about my appreciation and what your
00:16career meant to me because you were and you still are the biggest inspiration that I ever
00:23had in tennis and the reason why sometimes I got extra motivated, I kept pushing myself
00:31so thank you for that and thank you for being such an amazing person of the court as well
00:36because your humility is something that is not so often when you see other athletes succeeding,
00:46you're the one that always stayed honest to himself and true to himself so thank you
00:53for being a really good person and I hope you're going to enjoy the other part of your
01:00life and hopefully maybe some other career because the sky is the limit for you now and
01:07I hope you're going to really spend a lot of time now with your close ones and your
01:11family.