This Tuesday, May 31, Rafael Nadal plays his quarter-final against Novak Djokovic at Roland-Garros. The opportunity to talk about his family life and his desires for parenthood: “It will probably happen in the future”, he confided on January 30, 2022, in the columns of the Parisian.
Rafael Nadal plays his quarter-final against Novak Djokovic. Highly anticipated, this shock in night-session broadcast in the clear on Amazon Prime, this Tuesday, May 31 could be the last of the tennis champion. The probably perfect opportunity for the world star – who will turn 36 on June 3 – to finally think about fatherhood: “I thought I would have children when I retired but the question got longer“, he had confided the previous year, recalls The Parisian. “It will probably happen in the future because we both want it.”, had however entrusted the Spaniard born in the Balearic Islands.
Married to his childhood sweetheart, the most successful Grand Slam with 21 wins file the perfect love with Xisca Pirello, his longtime wife. Of course, the idea of having children has always appealed to the couple: “I would love to have children”he had admitted when he was the prestigious guest of the Argentinian talk show with friends like that in 2017. “boys, girls… I’m a person who loves children and I’m a very family guy. But I think it’s all about taking care of it“, he pointed out.
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No doubt ready to think about retirement, Rafael Nadal met his beauty in 2005 “through her sister with whom she studied at the Pureza de Maria de Manacor college“, reported The Parisian, on January 30. A reserved woman, Maria Francisca Perelló, whose real name is the Director of Strategy and Relationship Projects of her husband’s Foundation. Of great support, his wife since October 2019 is however discreet: “I don’t like the idea of spending my days waiting for him. I would feel asphyxiated. And he would be bored. He wouldn’t stay focused on his match“, she confessed to Telegraph.
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