Earlier this year I shared some photos of Rafael Nadal changing his shirt during a tennis match at the French Open. For those who aren’t familiar with Nadal, he’s extremely superstitious. Seriously you have to watch and see. After each set he changes his shirt. If you ever see him play live you’ll know when he’s doing it. Hundreds of people will start to whistle. After sharing photos from the French Open some bloggers requested more photos of a nearly naked Nadal. I promised I would do my best when I attended the US Open. We’ve been going to the Open for many years. Each year we get upgraded to better seats, which I love. Now for the bad news for those who wanted the naked pictures. This year our seats were behind the players so my view of Nadal changing his shirt wasn’t great. I tried, but I’m not sure it’s the same. I have my fingers crossed for better shirt-changing seats next year.
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This is amazing, you are lucky, I wished to be there too for taking his pictures. Thank you dear TBM, my fingers crossed too for you, love, nia
Thanks, Nia. You would love taking photos all over the grounds. Lots of good people watching there.
My body is better than his… maybe I should post some bare chested photos of me… lol
Yes!
Double yes!
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Ooooooooooooh! I’ve been waiting for this for MONTHS and you have delivered! From a less than ideal angle, true, but I sure appreciate the effort 🙂 And, like you said, there’s always hope for the future.
(What I’m hoping for is that he’ll get even more superstitious and develops a compulsion to change his pants, too.)
I’m really surprised he doesn’t yet. He has no issues picking his butt before each point and adjusting the front part. Just a matter of time.
Just keep that camera trained on him…
Will do!
Front or back, it’s still hot! Thank you. 😉
Glad I could be of service.
Still, it’s a nice try. 🙂
I gave it a go that’s for sure. Didn’t want to let down my readers.
Ha ha. Back or front, who cares. He’s still nice to look at! 🙂
He is a beautiful man with such a bashful smile.
lol i don’t follow tennis and had never heard of him. is this what you’d call a human interest story? 😉
That works for me.
Oh, how funny! I remember the old days when players would play with shirts that were drenched with sweat. Yuck. 🙂
I remember them as well. Gross!
I’ll settle for that 🙂 Cheers, TBM!
Glad it worked out for you Jo
I think his back is just as lovely as his front… 😉
I agree
Hilarious post! I don’t watch much tennis (even though I like the sport) but I have heard of Nadal and his habit of changing his shirt 😀
It’s a crowd pleaser that’s for sure.
I didn’t know about Nadal’s superstition. Interesting! Nice pictures 🙂
Oh you have to watch him to really understand all of his little quirks. Pay attention before each point and how he places his water bottles on the ground.
For the first time EVER, I am somewhat interested in Tennis.
I think he’s had that effect on others as well.
Nice eye candy!
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Appreciating the view!!
I can see why.
Oooh, me like :). I think I’m starting to fancy tennis!!
Come on over to the dark side.
LOL!!
Psst, he’s not the only guy who takes his shirt off. He’s the only one I know who has a schedule so I miss the photo opportunities with others.
Stop it!! First I’m reading a really, really smutty book, and then you start showing me pictures of hot guys with no shirts on. I can’t take much more LOL!!!!
Book title please. And don’t get too worked up. You have to go to work soon.
It’s going to be a really long day :). I already told you about these books – Fighting Destiny and Taunting Destiny by Amelia Hutchins. Hot, Hot, Hot!! LOL
That’s right, you did. Must get them!
Wow, pics indeed. 🙂
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Hee hee – the tings you do for us, we salute you 🙂
Thanks. It’s a hard job, but someone has to do it.
What’s not to like as they say 😉
Very nice TBM !
LOL. Glad I have your approval Poppy.
Cute. Are you sure you’re there to watch tennis? LOL
At least sixty percent of the time. After I get some shots from each match I put the camera away to focus on the tennis, beer, and food 🙂
What’s the supertitious with changing shirt?
I don’t know his reasoning behind it. Maybe the one time he didn’t he lost. I just know that he always changes it after each set. Has quite the routine before each shot. Before the match he runs out on the court in the exact same way. And he always places his water bottle in the same spots. It’s funny to watch.
An interviewer should ask him about that 😉
I wonder if anyone has. He gets teased about it I’m sure. I saw Novak imitate him once and that was pretty funny. Who knows what they say to each other in the locker room.
I adore that man, quirks and all! Thanks for sharing your Nadal moment, he’s what I call…easy on the eyes. 😉
I can’t imagine Nadal without his quirks. Have you heard him speak? I love his voice and accent.
Really, really nice try…they turned out pretty good… 🙂
Maybe it’s better to cover all sides. The French I got the front side and at the US the back side.
I’m crossing my fingers for better seats for you too, although these shots are quite nice. 😉
I’ll do my best to get shots from the front 🙂
Dude I was so glad he won. And the pics you did take are AWESOME! Dude can’t believe you were that close!
When you watch the players on the smaller courts you really are close. After we left they put Federer on Armstrong. I would have loved that!