Sports Illustrated model Brooks Nader dropped a huge hint that she is dating a tennis star after being questioned on rumors linking her with Jannik Sinner during her Jimmy Kimmel appearance this week.
Nader’s sister sparked speculation the pair are seeing each other by revealing that an athlete whose name ‘rhymes with winner’ had DMd her days before the 28-year-old was pictured at the US Open in New York last Sunday.
But this time it might be a rare loss for World No 1 Sinner, 24, judging by Nader’s coy response to questions about the Italian on her Kimmel appearance.
The talkshow host showed Nader a picture of her in the stands alongside Stephen Colbert, before asking her outright if she is dating Sinner.
‘Is this like, an interrogation?’ Nader said, after Kimmel joked she is ‘under oath’. ‘I’m so scared right now! Oh my god.
‘Ask Stephen what match we were at. I don’t think he was playing in that one. You’re close, you’re warm.’
Model Brooks Nader, 28, has hinted that she is dating a tennis star after her US Open visit
Nader’s sister Grace (left) seemingly revealed that World No 1 Jannik Sinner had messaged her
But Nader stopped short of saying that Sinner is the player that she has been dating
Kimmel responded: ‘Oh, I see. So it’s somebody else?’
Nader didn’t confirm or deny that she is dating a different tennis star. She simply responded once again: ‘You’re warm but we weren’t at that match.’
The model was watching Carlos Alcaraz on day eight – last Sunday – alongside Colbert, and she told Kimmel that she was sat alongside him purely by coincidence.
Speaking about her love life on Sirius XM’s Page Six radio last week, Nader said she was enjoying being single and that she had ‘a little roster’ of dates.
Her sister Grace then said that sports stars were especially keen to take her out and that they were stars from ‘every field and court – not the NBA court.’
She added: ‘It rhymes with winner (the player who messaged her). There are many players in the game.’
Nader is single after her breakup with Gleb Savchenko in April this year. The pair met on the show Dancing with the Stars.
Spanish star Alcaraz, 22, is believed to be single and has also been linked with British tennis star and previous US Open winner Emma Raducanu. They played a mixed-doubles event together before the main tournament began back in August.
Nader (right) pictured at the US Open last Sunday alongside Stephen Colbert and his wife
Sinner, meanwhile, is also single after his split earlier this year from the Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya.
The two men could meet in the US Open final on Sunday. Novak Djokovic is standing between Alcaraz and a place in the showpiece event in what promises to be a blockbuster showdown on Arthur Ashe on Friday afternoon.
Defending champion Sinner, meanwhile, is the overwhelming favorite against the 25th seed from Canada, Felix Auger Aliassime.
