Twitter index: Congratulations Rafa

ETX Daily Up

11 June 2012 at 9:48 am

Microbloggers from around the world are congratulating Rafael Nadal on winning his record seventh title at the French Open on Monday, June 11.

Spanish-speaking Twitter users are congratulating Nadal on his seventh win by trending "Felicidades Rafa" (Congratulations Rafa), while "7 th French Open," "7 Roland Garros" and "HIS7ORY" -- with the 7 representing Nadal's historic win -- are also trending.

The 26-year-old Spanish-born Rafael Nadal became the first man ever to win seven French Open titles after defeating Novak Djokovic in a rain-delayed final at Roland Garros.

Sports anchor for CNN International Pedro Pinto (@pedrocnn) tweeted "Congratulations to Rafa Nadal for winning a 7th French Open title. He is incredibly gifted but most of all a true gladiator!" and Twitter user Haydn Dunn (@HaydnDunn) tweeted "Congrats to Rafael Nadal for claiming his 7th French Open & 11th Grand Slam title" along with a picture of the champion: http://twitpic.com/9vaezh.

Twitter users are also excited about high street store H&M's rumored upcoming collaboration with fashion label Margiela.

The top 10 most talked about topics on Twitter on June 11 at 12:30 PM GMT are:

01. #HIS70RY
02. Bye Boss
03. #qanda
04. #ReplaceAFilmNameWithSquawk
05. 7 th French Open
06. Felicidades Rafa
07. 7 Roland Garros
08. The Ox
09. H&M
10. Tony Jones

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