WTA World number 1 and 5-time Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek sends a message to Rafael Nadal ahead of his retirement this season. The Queen of Clay sends her regards as the King is finally giving up his throne this season after 23 years and will be missed by everyone in the World of tennis.

The moment finally came when King Of Clay Rafael Nadal has finally announced his retirement from the game and this is perhaps one of the most emotional moments for the sporting world right now. Many great players have expressed their emotions after hearing that one of the greatest players of all time is finally hanging up his racquet after giving us some of the most iconic moments in the game.

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We all know that Nadal is regarded as the master or the King of Clay in the ATP scene but in the WTA scene the player who is being regarded as the queen of the clay surfaces right now is Polish superstar and World number 1 Iga Swiatek. Swiatek has also opened up about being a massive fan of Nadal and has also sent a message to her King ahead of his retirement. Just like all his hardcore fans we could also see the emotion in Swiatek as she wishes Nadal well for the rest of his career after retirement. It was great to see one clay surface prodigy acknowledge the greatest player to ever play on it.

This is the level of respect and love other athletes can only dream of and it is great to see all the top players in the World of tennis send their best wishes to Nadal just ahead of his retirement which was announced after the Davis Cup finals.