By Victor Kanayo
Tennis star Rafael Nadal has reportedly become a father for the first time at the age of 36.
The two-time Wimbledon champion’s wife Mery Perello gave birth in a private clinic in the Majorcan capital Palma Saturday morning, according to Spanish press.
The couple have yet to make any official comment.
Both mother and baby are said to be “doing well.”
“Hola!, confirming Rafa and Mery’s baby had been born shortly after the news was broken by Majorcan paper Diario de Mallorca, said: “Both the mum and her baby, born in the 37th week of her pregnancy, are doing well.
“The birth took place in a private clinic on the island where Mery had to remain under observation and rest completely in the last few weeks.”
Glossy Spanish magazine Hola! broke the news of Mery’s pregnancy in June following weeks of speculation Rafa’s childhood sweetheart was expecting after she started wearing more loose-fitting clothes and donned a face mask at the Champions League final.
It was also the first to reveal the sex of the baby late last month.
Nadal, who has won an all-time record 22 Grand Slam men’s singles titles, told Hola! in March 2018: “Obviously I intend and want to form a family. I love children and I would like them to do what they want in life.”
