Rafal Nadal set to marry long-time girlfriend Xisca

TIL Desk Sports/ Tennis world No 2 Rafael Nadal is ready to take the plunge or so it seems. According to reports in the Spanish media, Nadal is all set to tie the knot with long-time girlfriend Maria Francisca Perello, popularly known as Xisca later this year.

In an interview that the couple gave Hola magazine, 32-year-old Nadal and Xisca revealed they got secretly engaged in Rome in May last year and are now planning an autumn wedding this year in Mallorca. Xixca, who has a degree in business and works with the Rafael Nadal foundation, has been dating the tennis star for the last 14 years.

In an interview with Spanish media last year Nadal said: “I keep my commitment with tennis and my happiness. I enjoy both in tennis and outside it. I have a girlfriend too and I am not alone to take decisions.

“You have to suit situations. Having family? I don’t know, things are not easy to be predicted. At this age, I thought that I would have already been a former player and that I would have started a family’, said Nadal, adding that he may think about becoming a father when he really retires from tennis.