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Top 5 Twitter reactions to Nadal's French Open victory...

June 09, 2014 13:31 IST

Image: Rafael Nadal of Spain cries as he attends the trophy ceremony after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia on Sunday
Photographs: Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters

Following is a selection of tweets after Rafael Nadal won his ninth title at the French Open on Sunday with victory over Novak Djokovic.

"WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW"

British doubles specialist Ken Skupski on Nadal's jaw-dropping 66-1 win-loss record at Roland Garros. Nadal's only defeat was to Sweden's Robin Soderling in the fourth round in 2009.

Top 5 Twitter reactions to Nadal's French Open victory...

Image: Rafael Nadal
Photographs: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

"DREAMIN9"

Nadal on becoming the first man to win a Grand Slam title nine times

Tags: Nadal

Top 5 Twitter reactions to Nadal's French Open victory...

Image: Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic
Photographs: Jeff Gross/Getty Images

"This guy born for Roland Garros, he has clay in his DNA!!"

World number six Tomas Berdych.

Top 5 Twitter reactions to Nadal's French Open victory...

Image: Tiger Woods
Photographs: David Cannon/Getty Images

"Congrats to @RafaelNadal on his 9th French Open, guy is so impressive"

14-times major golf champion Tiger Woods.

Top 5 Twitter reactions to Nadal's French Open victory...

Image: Tennis player Martina Navratilova
Photographs: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for FORTUNE

"Congrats to Rafa for your ninth here at RG - and you are not done yet:)"

Nine-times Wimbledon women's champion Martina Navratilova.