All about Nadal’s girlfriend (with photos)
Still waiting for the post-match interview with Nadal to be posted - so let’s chat about his girlfriend. Nadal mentions in his blog that he’s not exactly happy about the recent attention given to his personal life, and that the widely distibuted photos of the gf are 2 years old. Here’s the info - nothing really new about them in the past few years - plus a few pics I could find:
Twenty-year-old Maria Francisca Perello, who comes from Nadal’s home town on the holiday island of Majorca, has been dating the player for three years.
But the down-to-earth beauty, whose nickname is Xisca, keeps away from the spotlight and rarely watches her boyfriend play, partly because she does not wish to distract him.
Nadal’s uncle and trainer, Toni Nadal, revealed: ‘I guess a lot of girls will be upset to know the truth.
‘My nephew always maintained he was single. It was a well-kept secret but actually his girlfriend is waiting for him in Majorca.’Described by friends as ‘an intelligent girl from a good local family’, Xisca is about to take her important exams in business at university in Majorca’s capital, Palma.
Her cousin Maria Perello Limones said: ‘She is a straightforward, no-nonsense girl not interested in glamour and fame.
‘You won’t see her rolling out of a nightclub or laden down with designer bags after a shopping spree.’That is just as well, because despite his wealth and fame, Nadal is a simple home-town boy who likes relaxing on the beach, fishing and sharing long meals with his family.
He still lives with his parents and sister in their luxury apartment.
Friend Pedro Hernadez explains: ‘Raf and Xisca are both very shy and ordinary people who like to live simply.
‘They are not at all interested in a celebrity lifestyle. They get together when the tournaments are over. That’s how Raf winds down.’
When back home in Manacor, an unfashionable industrial town in the heart of Majorca, Nadal and Xisca while away the days at the beach in nearby Porto Cristo.
They also spend a lot of time with each other’s families and Xisca is very close to Nadal’s grandmother.
The player is the town’s most famous son, but Xisca has kept such a low profile many locals are unaware of the relationship.
Earlier this year it was suggested that Nadal was infatuated with Danish tennis sensation Caroline Wozniacki, 18.
But the relationship has been emphatically denied by Nadal.
Indeed, his grandfather, also Rafael, confirmed: ‘I saw him and Xisca just before he flew to London and they looked great together.’ Daily Mail
As an aside, here’s a video of Caroline Wozniacki denying that she had a relationship with Nadal (English subtitles, about halfway through):