Rafael Nadal expecting first child with wife Mery Perello after 17 years together
msn.comTennis pro Rafael Nadal is expecting his first child with his wife Mery Perello. The couple are childhood sweethearts and have been together for 17 years.
Mery – who also goes by Xisca – left her job in insurance to join her husband’s charity, the Rafael Nadal Foundation, which he set up 10 years ago and where she now works as a project director.
The sports icon shared the happy news that their little family is expanding at a press conference in Mallorca on Friday. Nadal – who is taking part in Wimbledon later this month for the first time in three years – told press: ‘If all goes well, I’m going to be a father. ’The famously private star added: ‘I’m not used to talking about my private life.
We live calmer with a lower profile. I don’t expect that my life will change much with it. ’His announcement follows speculation of Mery’s pregnancy, which Spanish tabloid Hola!
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