By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday February 9, 2022
Juan Martin del Potro has likely played his last professional tennis match, and the tennis world is going crazy on Twitter, sharing the love for this singular force of nature.
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We’ve compiled some of the best tweets to honor this incredible athlete and human, so here goes...
1. We start here with a truly gripping moment from Tuesday night’s match against Federico Delbonis. Not a dry eye in the place.
2. When it comes to emotions in tennis, nobody delivered like Del Potro.
3. Denis Shapovalov.
4. Ons Jabeur.
5. Stan Wawrinka.
6. Brilliant comments from some of the players in Rotterdam this week – Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andy Murray, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Hubert Hurkacz. Their words tells us all we need to know about the way Del Potro was adored by his peers.
7. We finally got to see Del Potro’s mom!.
8. Great stuff from Matt Roberts of the Tennis Podcast.
9. Frances Tiafoe’s beautiful tribute on Instagram.
10. The legend himself.
11. Gutted.
12. We’re all crying, Shelby.
13. The window remains slightly open.
14. Beautiful words, beautiful photo.
15. Legend, hero, human.