Rafael Nadal’s wife, Xisca Perelló, gave birth to their first child on Saturday October 9 in Palma de Mallorca.
Pink notebook for the king of clay. Rafael Nadal welcomed his first child, a little boy, this Saturday October 9 in Palma de Mallorca, according to the Spanish press. The name of the newborn has not yet been revealed. Since then, speculation has been rife on social networks.
“The mother and her baby, born at the 37th week of pregnancy, are doing well”, a source close to the couple told the local daily Majorca Newspaper . Then to clarify that the wife of world number 2, Xisca Perelló, “had to remain under observation and rest completely in recent weeks”.
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“Not used to talking about my personal life”
Rafael Nadal confirmed the pregnancy rumors during a press conference in Palma de Mallorca in June 2022. “I’m going to be a father. I don’t usually talk about my personal life because I think I’m already exposed enough in my professional life. A few days earlier, Xisca Perelló had appeared in a bathing suit and a rounded belly on board a yacht on which she was vacationing with her husband, off Mallorca.
First love
Born July 7, 1988 in Palma de Mallorca, Maria Francisca Perelló met Rafael Nadal in high school. Her love story with the tennis player didn’t begin, however… until 2005, when a mutual friend arranged their reunion. Already a graduate in business in London, Mery Perelló joined the University of the Balearic Islands in 2006, where she studied administration and business management.
In 2011, she began a career in the insurance sector. Since 2012, she has been the director of projects for the Rafael Nadal Foundation, aimed at the education of children and their regular practice of sport. The tennis player and his girlfriend got engaged in May 2018, during a stay in Rome, before sealing their union in October 2019, in Mallorca. All this, in the presence, in particular, of King Juan Carlos I.
