Rafael Nadal crosses 4 million followers on Twitter

Rafael Nadal's eight month lay-off from the sport does not seem to have impacted his popularity with the tennis fans across the world.

The Spaniard crossed 4 million followers on the micro-blogging site Twitter earlier this week. This makes him the first tennis player to do so and also ranks him inside the top 200 most followed people on the site.
Nadal has been on the site for over 18 months now.  Serena Wiliams is second among tennis players with 3.6 million followers on Twitter.
Nadal also has 11.5 million fans on Facebook.
Nadal came back to the sport after his lenght lay-off in February and won 3 of the four events he competed in including the Indian Wells Masters Series event a fortnight ago. However, he missed this week's Miami event to rest his knee and prepare for the clay court season ahead, where he has won the French Open title for seven of the last eight years.

Source:  http://www.tennisworldusa.org/Rafael-Nadal-crosses-4-million-followers-on-Twitter-articolo9134.html