Sachin, Sehwag lead wishes as sports fraternity hail Nadal's French Open triumph

Moments after Rafael Nadal lifted his 14th French Open title Twitter was flooded with congratulatory tweets including those from former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Spanish footballer David de Gea who hailed the champion for his historic 22nd Grand Slam trophyNadal popularly known as the King of Clay once again proved his greatness on clay courts on Sunday night as he defeated Casper Ruud of Norway 63 63 60 to win the French Open title for a record 14th timeAfter Nadals win former Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar Virender Sehwag Ravi Shastri and footballer David de Gea congratulated the 36yearold tennis ace for his remarkable achievementTo go out there and win a record 14th French Open amp 22nd Grand Slam at the age of 36 is an incredible achievement Congratulations cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar tweetedTo go out there and win a record 14th rolandgarros amp 22nd Grand Slam at the age of 36 is an incredible achievementCongratulations RafaelNadal pictwittercomMAxsEklfFQmdash Sachin Tendulkar sachin_rt June 5 2022Just watched the most special tribute to Rafa Nadal on Supersport and realised all over again how special the man is Also found out that Casper Ruud attended his academy and faces the master in the final today Incredible So how good is Rafas academy then tweeted South Africa cricket legend AB de VilliersJust watched the most special tribute to Rafa Nadal on Supersport and realised all over again how special the man is Also found out that Casper Ruud attended his academy and faces the master in the final today Incredible So how good is Rafarsquos academy thenmdash AB de Villiers ABdeVilliers17 June 5 2022Read Also Sachin Tendulkar touched by Rafael Nadals gesture towards injured Alexander ZverevI love you Rafael Nadal fellow Spaniard and goalkeeper of the countrys national football team David de Gea tweetedI LOVE YOU RafaelNadal 14 RolandGarrosmdash David de Gea D_DeGea June 5 2022Former India coach Ravi Shastri termed Nadal as the modern day Hercules while Virender Sehwag said the Spaniard is the king of clayA modernday Hercules who just will not melt in the hottest Claypot Starts favourite to make it 15 only Just insane Salute forever RafaelNadal rolandgarros Nadal FrenchOpen he saidA modern day Hercules who just will not melt in the hottest Claypot Starts favourite to make it 15 only Just insane Salute forever RafaelNadal rolandgarros Nadal FrenchOpen pictwittercomXXfMHRgmkumdash Ravi Shastri RaviShastriOfc June 5 2022King of clay What a Champion NADAL Number 14 at RolandGarros Sehwag saidKing of clayWhat a ChampionNADAL Number 14 at RolandGarros pictwittercomKAp3aUraoomdash Virender Sehwag virendersehwag June 5 2022Veni vidi vici Lets enjoy this because we will never see anything like it Spanish badminton player Carolina Marin tweeted RafaelNadalRolandGarrosDisfrutemos de esto porque nunca veremos nada igual pictwittercomiJNWesxvEOmdash Carolina Mariacuten CarolinaMarin June 5 2022Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh also took to Twitter and wrote What a match that was Dominated Ruud totally to lift the 14th French Open RafaelNadal youre incredible Congratulations Keep em titles coming RolandGarrosWhat a match that was Dominated Ruud totally to lift the 14th French Open RafaelNadal yoursquore incredible Congratulations Keep lsquoem titles coming RolandGarros pictwittercomRe2XyPA6mxmdash Harbhajan Turbanator harbhajan_singh June 5 2022This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever