All you need to know about Rafael Nadal's fiance Mery 'Xisca' Perello.
Former world number one Rafael Nadal is all set to get married to his longtime girlfriend Mery Perello following the recent engagement of the couple. The 32-year-old has proposed Perello for marriage and the two will tie the knot soon. ATP confirmed it in a recent tweet.
The Spaniard recently appeared in the Australian Open where he was defeated by world number one Novak Djokovic in the final match of the Grand Slam event. Nadal has won a total of 17 Major titles and has been a runner up in eight Grand Slam events. Famously known as the ‘king of clay’, he has bagged a total of 11 French Open titles, highest by anyone in the history of tennis.
Mery Perello is an insurance banker and hails from Nadal’s hometown of Mallorca in Spain. Reports first surfaced of the two dating each other in 2005.
1. Mery 'Xisca' Perello: All you need to know
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Mery Perello who is known as Xisca regularly travels the world to watch his tennis matches and cheer him on from the audience and even supported him in Melbourne this month. (Image: AFP)
2. Merry 'Xisca' Perello
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Xisca Perello does not have any official social media accounts. (Image: AFP)
3. Nadal to marry Mery Perello in Mallorca
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Spanish magazine Hola claimed that Rafael Nadal had admitted that he had proposed to Xisca during a romantic holiday to Rome. The happy couple is now planning to marry in an intimate ceremony on the Spanish isle of Mallorca later this autumn. (Image: Instagram @xiscaperellofans)
4. Rafa Nadal and Mery Perello
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According to various media reports, Nadal and Perello have been secretly engaged for past eight months and had kept the news private. (Image: AFP)
5. Mery Perello is from the same town as Rafa Nadal
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Mery Perello is also from Nadal’s hometown of Mallorca in Spain. According to reports, they have been dating for last 14 years. (Image: Instagram @xiscaperellofans)
6. When Nadal talked about Mery and having children
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Nadal previously opened up to HELLO! magazine and said that he would love to have children with Mery. “Obviously, I have the intention of forming a family. I love children and I would like my children to do what they like,” Nadal had said. (Image: Instagram @xiscaperellofans)
7. Xisca Perello cheering Rafael Nadal
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Xisca Perello, girlfriend of Spain's Rafael Nadal, clicks a picture as Nadal plays Alexander Zverev in Australian Open in 2017. (Image: AFP)
8. The Favorites of Mallorca
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Rafa Nadal and Xisca Perello pose past a painting depicting himself during a ceremony where he received the title of "Favorite Son of Mallorca", in Palma de Mallorca on December 1, 2014. (Image: AFP)
9. Nadal's No 1 fan
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Maria Francesca Perello aka Xisca during the French tennis Open quarter final match between Spain's Rafael Nadal and Spain's David Ferrer at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris in 2014. (Image: AFP)
