Rafael Nadal Signs Up for Twitter

by Tom Gainey | August 2nd, 2011, 10:41 am

14 Comments

Rafael Nadal is expanding his social media presence. Earlier this morning, Nadal made his first official twitter tweet on his account @rafaelnadal:

Hi all! I have Twitter profile! I am thrilled to have your support here! You’ll hear more from me ;) Rafaless than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyRafael Nadal
RafaelNadal

As of now, Nadal has already gained over 33,000 followers. Nadal joins current No. 1 Novak Djokovic (@djokernole) and Andy Murray (@andy_murray) on the social messaging service. Roger Federer has opted to not be part of twitter.

Nadal’s facebook page has almost 8 million likes.

Nadal and his fellow Top 10 mates will all be in Montreal next week for the Rogers Masters.

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14 Comments for Rafael Nadal Signs Up for Twitter

Humble Rafa Says:

Roger thinks he can’t express himself in less than 140 characters. May be he doesn’t know that there is a “cry” emoticon available. Just saying.

August 2nd, 2011 at 10:54 am

newman Says:

43000 followers in 90 minutes…rafa the rockstar…Vaamos

August 2nd, 2011 at 11:10 am

jane Says:

Good for Rafa. I just read an article about the top four and their “online” faces, as well as their dominance the first half of this season. Here is the link for anyone interested:

http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2011/08/the-online-faces-of-djokovic-murray-nadal-and-federer/

August 2nd, 2011 at 12:09 pm

dari Says:

oh, cool.
and i see he is already off to a flying start, many followers and tweets already!
janko just sent him a welcome to twitter ;)

August 2nd, 2011 at 2:47 pm

I like tennis bullies Says:

vamos Rafa! twitter has become epic with his presence

hopefully the Swiss Miss Federer stays off twitter his feed would be nothing but “I played so amazing and fantastic if you agree RT this and get a free RF hat..”

August 2nd, 2011 at 5:11 pm

jane Says:

It’s great that all these guys reach out to their fans this way. You cam totally get a sense of some of their personalities too, like Nole, Murray and Dr. Ivo all have definite “tones” to their twitters. :) Haven’t seen any of Rafa’s yet, but will be checking it out.

August 2nd, 2011 at 5:52 pm

jane Says:

Lady Gaga has 12 million twitter followers! Gag!

August 2nd, 2011 at 6:15 pm

mj Says:

It is now at 111,111 plus followers!! VAMOS!!!!!!!!!

August 2nd, 2011 at 6:46 pm

subo Says:

rafeal nadal tweeting he can not even speak english who does the tweeting for him raffy is a fraud and a cheat big time

August 3rd, 2011 at 6:27 am

Nikola Says:

Cool,twitter shoud make a special page for tennis news and promotion considering that most of the top players are there thus promoting the not so good network :P P.S. Miss Swiss doen’t like the “youngsters tech” :D

August 3rd, 2011 at 8:42 am

newman Says:

he is tweeting in spanish and english both….144k in 20 hrs..nice

August 3rd, 2011 at 9:22 am

jamie Says:

When will Federer join twitter?

August 3rd, 2011 at 11:16 am

jane Says:

Nole tweeted Rafa:

@RafaelNadal Welcome to Twitter. Everybody,follow Rafa and make sure he feels comfortable here :-) Vamos
15 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite

August 3rd, 2011 at 2:14 pm

jane Says:

Rafa has already answered all the “welcomes”, nice to see the bilingual. :)

RafaelNadal @TipsarevicJanko @DjokerNole @Bryanbros Thanks for your support friends !! Gracias por todo!
about 6 hours ago

August 3rd, 2011 at 2:22 pm

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