Here's why Stan Wawrinka's shorts are famous!

He came (to the press conference). He draped 'the shorts' (as we shall refer to it from now) over the table before him. And he conquered (our hearts)! We're talking about the most talked-about pair of shorts at the moment, which belongs to our newest French Open champ Stan Wawrinka.

'The shorts' shot to fame after Stan won the tennis championship wearing those and jokingly attributed his win to the plaid garment. The Swiss player, who had earlier promised to "swim, play tennis and then sleep" in 'the shorts', cheerfully displayed it at the press meet following the finals at Roland Garros.

Aware of the jokes surrounding the red, white and gray garment, he said, "I quite like them. Apparently , I'm the only one. They will be in the museum of Roland Garros. You will see my shorts every day if you want!"



Although it has been compared to a dishcloth, oven glove, jammies and boxers, such has been the appeal of 'the shorts' that two Twitter handles have since emerged on it.



Even Salman Rushdie mentioned the 'waw' shorts on his microblogging page, as he posted,

A grand French salute to Stan Wawrinka's magic shorts. (And to him, of course.) https://t.co/lOecpVQl5c

— Salman Rushdie (@SalmanRushdie) June 8, 2015

Incidentally , Andy Murray's mom, Judy had also tweeted about it during the finals. She wrote,

If Stan wins the French Open today, everyone will remember what he wore. Seriously hot pants :-) @rolandgarros

— judy murray (@judmoo) June 7, 2015