The world recognizes Lionel Messi as one of the greatest footballers of all time. Messi's popularity over the past few years has slightly increased, even though he is one of the most popular athletes in the world. He has one of the highest amount of followers on Instagram and along with Cristiano Ronaldo, the two are very recognizable. Messi's impact in many sports has been seen as he gets respect from sports greats like LeBron James and Patrick Mahomes. Now he gets to add new types of athletes to the list of admirers as Tennis players have shown their admiration for the Argentine.
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Francisco Cerundolo, an Argentine Tennis player who will participate in the ATP 1000, was seen training on a tennis court wearing a Lionel Messi shirt. This doesn't seem like a surprise to many, as the player is from Argentina, but it is still cool to see that another athlete from a different sport admires Messi. Cerundolo was wearing the Inter Miami jersey intensely while he was training. While many expected to see this tennis player wear the Messi shirt, others did not expect to see another player wear the same shirt.
Former World Number 1 in singles tennis player Karolína Plíšková from Czech Rebuplic was also seen wearing an Inter Miami shirt with Messi's name and number on the back. He was training in the Messi shirt ahead of his debut in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) 1000 Miami Open. A former Tennis player also recently spoke about how he is a big fan of Lionel Messi during his time at PSG.
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Yannick Noah praises Lionel Messi for his career
Former French Tennis player Yannick Noah recently spoke about Lionel Messi and praised him. Yannick Noah said, “People who know about football love him; I am Messi's No. 1 fan. He never had a problem with people on the street (Paris). I have great appreciation for him as an athlete, Messi's sporting life amazes me. I am grateful to life for having seen him here (PSG).
