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Lionel Messi has responded to Rafael Nadal after the tennis player backed the Argentine to win the 2023 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award.

Nadal’s 2022 season saw him win the Australian Open and French Open to move to 22 Grand Slam titles. Women's world No. He also finished the season as world No.

The Award winners in these categories and recipients of the Awards presented at the discretion of the Laureus World Sports Academy will be announced at the ...

Kylian Mbappe's hat trick in the final earned him the Golden Boot as the World Cup's leading goalscorer. Yet, the Spaniard continues to believe that Messi, who assisted Argentina win their third world championship after defeating France in the World Cup final, deserves to take home the renowned Laureus Sportsman of the Year title. Six nominees have been selected across seven nominated Laureus categories, with six inspirational programmes also shortlisted for the Laureus Sport for Good Award.

Tennis legend Rafael Nadal has backed World Cup winner Lionel Messi to land the Laureus Sportsman of the Year award ahead of him.

Nadal, who is a well-known Real Madrid fan, took to Instagram after being confirmed among the final nominees and said: "An honour to be nominated again to the Laureus Sportsman of the Year... However, the Spaniard still does not think that he deserves to win the prestigious Laureus Sportsman of the Year award over Messi, who helped Nadal enjoyed a stellar 2022 as he won the Australian Open and the French Open to move on to a record-breaking haul of 22 Grand Slams, which Novak Djokovic equalled by winning in Australia himself at the start of 2023.

The nominees for the coveted Laureus Sportsman of the Year award have been announced and it features names like Lionel Messi and Rafael Nadal.

The spotlight has now shifted to Rafael Nadal who feels that Lionel Messi deserves the sward more than him for winning the World Cup in his fifth and probably his last attempt. Nadal follows soccer religiously and happens to be a great supporter of the Argentinian team apart from his own country’s team and football club Real Madrid. Rafael Nadal and Lionel Messi might belong to two different sporting disciplines, but there is no doubt about the fact that both of them are equally great and have revolutionized their respective sporting disciplines.

Rafael Nadal: राफेल नडाल ने फुटबॉल के बड़े क्लब रियल मैड्रिड के दिग्गज अमानसियो अमारो के ...

Argentina footballer Lionel Messi says that tennis star Rafael Nadal left him speechless after he backed Messi to win Laureus World Sports Awards.

“An honor to be nominated again to the Laureus Sportsman of the year… India’s economic growth likely slumped to a median 5.0% in the third quarter, its lowest this fiscal year, according to an ET poll of 11 economists. He thanked the tennis star for supporting and said that Nadal deserved everything for the way he stepped all out of the court and that he is a true winner. An adverse base effect and mixed economic performance dragged growth down from 6.3% in the second quarter, according to them. Messi reposted Nadal’s story on Instagram and wrote that a great sportsman like Nadal always leaves him speechless. [Messi](/topic/messi)responded in no time after [Tennis](/topic/tennis)star Rafael [Nadal](/topic/nadal)backed him to win the prestigious [Laureus World Sports Awards](/topic/laureus-world-sports-awards).

Rafael Nadal is one of the nominees for the Laureus Sportsman of the Year. He has previously won it twice.

Laureus Sports Awards 2023 nominations were out for this year, after which Nadal posted an Instagram story on his official Instagram account saying, ...

The other nominees for the prize are FIFA World Cup Golden Boot winner Kylian Mbappe, F1 world champion Max Verstappen, NBA Finals MVP Stephen Curry and record- ...