Watch Rafael Nadal Try To Fly A Helicopter, Then The Engine Starts Smoking! [Video]

by Tom Gainey |

It’s a good thing Rafael Nadal is a tennis player and not a helicopter pilot. In a hilarious new spoof for PokerStars, Nadal tries to fly two passengers in a helicopter before things go wrong.

From the skit, a happy couple looking for a scenic tour were surprised to find the tennis legend Nadal of all people as their pilot! The former No. 1 assured the two that the flight would be perfectly safe as his pilot training was nearly complete. However, after fumbling with the gears and thumbing through the training manual before takeoff, the engine begins smoking and everyone evacuated. Fortunately all were unharmed and uninjured (good news for Rafa, he survived!).

After dealing with a right wrist injury much of the summer, Nadal will return to the tennis for the first time since Wimbledon next week in an exo in Kazakhstan against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.