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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Meredith Clark

Rafael Nadal and wife Mery Perello are expecting their first child after 17 years together

Instagram / Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal’s wife Maria Francisca Perello is pregnant with the couple’s first child, according to Spanish magazine Hola!

Pregnancy rumours circulated in May when the tennis star’s wife wore loose-fitting clothing and a face mask to the Champion’s League final in Paris last May, where her 36-year-old husband won his 22nd Grand Slam title. Speculation grew earlier this week when Perello, 33, was pictured on a yacht in Majorca sporting what appears to be a baby bump.

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