{"id":20653,"date":"2024-05-01T20:57:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/byberry.com\/?p=20653"},"modified":"2025-10-12T18:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T18:37:43","slug":"rafael-nadal-mery-perello-baby-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/rafael-nadal-mery-perello-baby-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal and wife Mery Perello welcome baby (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael Nadal\u2019s wife Maria Francisca (\u201cMery\u201d) Perello gave birth to the couple\u2019s first child &#8211; a boy &#8211; on Saturday in Palma de Mallorca, according to several Spanish publications. Along with the name of their firstborn, the news of Mery giving birth to their child has not been confirmed yet, but multiple outlets reported the baby is named after Nadal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH the news update:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nadal baby boy BORN \ud83d\udc76\ud83c\udffc | GTL Tennis News\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dr4AmZr_i3Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The 36-year-old tennis player flew back from London a few weeks ago, after teaming up with longtime contemporary Roger Federer in the Swiss\u2019 final match of his career on the opening night at Laver Cup.<\/p>\n<p>After the two were defeated at The O2 Arena by Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe, this is what Nadal said of his friendship with Federer: \u201cIn the family life, personal life, probably we approach life not in a very different way, no? So that&#8217;s why we can trust each other, we can speak very often, and we&#8217;re able to speak very feeling free, feeling confident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving somebody like Roger that I feel confident to talk about any personal thing, it&#8217;s something that it&#8217;s very beautiful after all the things that we shared together and all the important things that we [fought] for such a long time,\u201d said Nadal, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com\/baseline\/articles\/reports-mery-perello-rafael-nadal-become-parents-baby-boy-rafa-mallorca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennis<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery proud to be part of his career in some way. But even for me happier to finish our career like friends after everything we shared on court like rivals,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>As for the father department, Nadal now officially joins fellow Big Four members Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray.<\/p>\n<p>And as for his return to the court, it remains to be seen when will the Spaniard return to the ATP Tour this season, while he also has a multi-city exhibition series slated to begin November 23 with Casper Ruud in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n<p>Nadal has already 22 Grand Slam titles to his name, including two in 2022, but perhaps no bundle of joy will surpass becoming a father for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael Nadal\u2019s wife Maria Francisca (\u201cMery\u201d) Perello gave birth to the couple\u2019s first child &#8211; a boy &#8211; on Saturday in Palma de Mallorca, according to several Spanish publications. 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