Befitting the vernal season, Spanish tennis champ Rafael Nadal stepped out onto the court recently in some pink Nike shorts, causing gay Twitter to lose its breath for a moment.
The rather tight apparel is part of his collaboration with the brand. Nadal was playing against Federico Delbonis, and we’re guessing you didn’t come here to read who won.
A thirsty tweet featuring a photo of Nadal quickly made the rounds.
“Nike needs a Nobel peace prize for these shorts, my man is on fiiiiire,” it read.
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Nike needs a Nobel peace prize for these shorts, my man is on fiiiiire pic.twitter.com/qfQL5Rcuuo
— Laura (@tennishive) April 14, 2021
Over on Nike’s website, the shorts look a bit…different.
Now if they’d only swap out those photos with ones of Nadal, they’d have another hit product.
Godabed
Those are not short shorts, short shorts go up to the crotch, those do not.
sanfranca1
I’ve read this article four times now, and I can’t find where it says “short shorts”.
linedrive
@sanfranca1: Read the headline
TMBisAOK
They very much are short shorts. Just because they arent as short as you want doesnt make them not short shorts.
barryaksarben
who gives a fk if they are short shorts or shorts or freaking cullottes? THIS is what you are all concerned about?
ingyaom
It says “short shorts” in the title … but tennis players used to wear shorter shorts than they do today – look up pictures of John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, etc.
Dymension
People have time reading sometimes, right?
TMBisAOK
What’s your point? They definitely arent regular shorts and exactly what I expected from the title.
Cam
Nadal has always filled out a pair of shorts well.
JPB
Nice butt!
inoroutdoor
Look at those thighs. I’m sure he can do a lot more with them then playing awesome tennis. And I’m pretty sure he does, regularly. Got damn
tjack47
Y’all might want to look up onionskin running shorts with the splits up the side, and the old Nair commercial might give some frame of reference.
Essie
I love Rafa but those shorts DO NOT flatter him. They are way too tight. The shorts shown in the Nike ad make more sense. Shorts worn by players back in the ’70s/80s were shorter, yes, but made to be played in and were not as tight as these. (See Agassi’s denim Nike shorts. Short and flattering and a big hit.)
AnthonyS23
What a hunk!
Fahd
Just this morning I was talking to someone about him, and now I see this post. Mallorca is his home, and he’s done a lot for the island’s youth. If pink were a colour I wore or tennis a game I played, I would buy his shorts (I’d buy the pair he’s wearing in any case.)
linedrive
He looks awesome. Hard to believe he always wore pedal pushers on court early in his career. They’ve gotten progressively shorter and tighter over the years and I don’t mind one bit.
fishpaw13
To me I find it difficult to watch one of his matches. You would think with all the money Nike pays him to put clothes on his back, they would find and/or make something for him to wear so he isn’t always digging them out of his ass every time he serves. His serve routine…… picks his ass, smells his fingers, right ear, left ear. After a 5 set match there must be some serious skid marks!
Donston
It’s a habit/routine. It has nothing to do with his underwear riding up.
barryaksarben
for someone with a screen name derived from a Divine movie your disgust at him digging in that A MA A Z I N G ass is telling. If he doesnt have someone eating that every Fn night it is a damned shame. The shorts in the ad are so SEXLESS it is hard to tell if they are being worn by man, woman or child. Give me his thighs ANYTIME
ShiningSex
BUT HE’S UGLY
barryaksarben
IN your opinion. I have always thought him to be beautiful. And how good looking are you? Too many old queens here spewing negativity
amanwithanedge
you’re ugly, real ugly.
justgeo
Too bad they. are so tight in the thigh and not the crotch and promoting a package like the ‘up fron and crack in the ass 70s but YUM YUM!
woodroad34
Those shorts are somewhere between the short-shorts of the 1970s and floppy board shorts. Those are about the size of Ocean Pacific type shorts. Still and all, I’m amazed they aren’t cutting off the circulation those humongous thighs!
TedV
When I saw him debut the shorts last week my immediate thought was “Lord, Nike has decided to put twenty pound of potatoes in a ten pound bag, and I am here for it.”
HenryHawke
OMG! OMG! OMG! Purple top with matching shoes and skin tight pink shorts. I don’t know if Rafael Nadal was trying to make a statement or not but someone must have told him there would be fallout from that combination. Unless he’s totally naive he had to know it would raise eyebrows with straight men and women and that gay men would be drooling. I’m probably wrong, but I think he’s declared himself in a not so subtle, subtle way. One thing’s for sure, he’s one hot dude!
Thad
60 pounds? I wish they were more affordable. Maybe they’ll be in the Nike outlet stores for Christmas.
And…who won the match, anyway? Do NOT presume gay men are not sports fans.
Manrico Jimenez
It’s called the TAILOR HONEY
MISTERJETT
back in the day, these were called BERMUDA SHORTS. i don’t know what they call them now, but they’re definitely not SHORT SHORTS.
cuteguy
Those tree trunk legs and beautiful bubble peach really fill out those shorts. I love him. I think these are the best shorts for him bc of the tight fit will prevent him from picking at his crotch all the time like he’s notorious for lol
Mr. Stadnick
This is a story? WTF a guy wears shorts and this makes an article? Well it isn’t really an article it is cut and paste and puerile too boot.
Creamsicle
Queerty is just a gossip blog.
It’s fine though. I go to NPR and AP for real journalism.
scotty
i would still drink his bathwater….. on the rocks.
Creamsicle
I finally went back to a gym last week after more than a year staying away because of covid. All the young guys in their early to mid-20s are wearing tiny shorts like this now and it’s great motivation to keep going!