Rafael Nadal has been flooded with emotional messages from fans after the tennis star announced his retirement from the sport. It has long been known that the Spaniard would potentially call time on his career this year after battling injury issues galore over the past two decades. And Nadal, taking to social media, has now confirmed that his time is up. He will play in one more tournament, the Davis Cup in Spain, which is due to take place next month. And tennis fans have been left crushed by the news, with one user writing: “A sporting legend. What a player. “I will never forget the 2008 Wim…