{"id":33376,"date":"2025-03-15T09:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T09:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=33376"},"modified":"2025-03-15T09:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T09:18:13","slug":"hola-tiktok-rafael-nadal-racks-up-3-million-views-after-joining-social-media-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=33376","title":{"rendered":"“Hola TikTok!” Rafael Nadal racks up 3 million views after joining social media platform"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 22-time Grand Slam champion was seen swapping his racquet for a ring light as he shared his first video.<\/p>\n

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Talk about making a grand entrance: Rafael Nadal has just joined TikTok, and his first video is already doing numbers.<\/p>\n

The 22-time Grand Slam champion hasn\u2019t slowed down one bit during\u00a0his retirement from professional tennis. In between inaugurating a new hotel in the Caribbean and playing rounds of golf, Nadal found time to give the video sharing site a spin.<\/p>\n

Set to the tune of the Pink Panther theme song,\u00a0Nadal\u2019s first video\u00a0features him walking onto a tennis court carrying his signature Babolat equipment bags. But rather than reach for a racquet, the Spaniard takes out a ring light\u2014a staple TikTok content creator accessory\u2014and sets up a selfie shot, lining up his markers just so. The video concludes with Nadal signing the camera lens\u2014a classic tennis player move\u2014and sending a message to users: \u201cHola TikTok!\u201d<\/p>\n

Shared on Friday under the handle @RafaelNadal, the video has already racked up more than 3.5 million views in less than 24 hours.<\/p>\n

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