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Rafael Nadal needed tequila shots to shoot with Shakira!
Updated On: 01 June, 2026 10:11 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Tennis great Nadal reveals he had to gulp down alcohol before his steamy scenes with Colombian pop star in 2010 music video

Shakira. Pic/Shakira’s Instagram; (right) Rafael Nadal. Pic/Nadal’s Instagram
Tennis legend Rafael Nadal was known to make most opponents nervous with racquet in hand, but on one occasion he himself was a bundle of nerves against a rather unusual ‘opponent.’
Nadal has revealed that he was extremely nervous while facing the camera to shoot some steamy scenes with pop star Shakira for the music video of her famous 2010 track Gypsy.“I remember when I went to do the music video with Shakira. I had to ask for a bottle of tequila to drink a few shots to relax a bit,” Nadal, a 22-time Grand-Slam winner, said in the latest episode of his documentary RAFA.
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