Feliciano López talks about his friend Rafa Nadal after becoming a father: “He doesn’t have time to pick up the phone”

On October 8, the first child of Nadal (36) y Xisca Perelló (34), a boy named Rafa, like his father. Due to the discretion of the tennis player and his wife, we did not even see the happy parents leave with the child from the hospital in Palma. weeks later, Feliciano Lopez (41) has talked about his friend and the new stage of his life.

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“When you’re a father you don’t have much time to pick up the phone or your friends or anyone. Obviously I congratulated him and the days I was lucky enough to be able to chat with him and like any father, imagine, he’s happy with life,” he confessed. ex of Alba Carrillo this Wednesday at the presentation of the new collection of ‘The Macallan’, which took place in Madrid.

In person, they haven’t seen each other yet: “We haven’t seen them or anything because they’re in Mallorca but we’ll see them,” he explained. sandra gogo (27), who attended the event with him. “They are enjoying this moment very much” and “everything has gone well”, she limited herself to saying with a smile.

The last weeks of pregnancy were not easy, since Xisca was admitted to Palma due to a problem unrelated to the pregnancy, but which could affect the pregnancy. Little Rafa was finally born in the 37th week of pregnancy, almost coinciding with the third wedding anniversary of his parents, who married on October 19, 2019 after being together since adolescence.

“After a few days and many messages of affection, I just wanted to thank you all. We are very happy and everyone is very well. A big hug,” the man from Manacor wrote on October 13, shortly before Xisca was discharged.

The future of Feliciano Lopez

At the same event, which he attended very well accompanied by Sandra Gago, Feliciano also said that, unlike Rafa, he is already preparing his departure from tennis: “The idea I have right now is to play my last matches next year to say goodbye”.

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The athlete from Toledo is five years older than the Mallorcan: “I have been lucky enough to extend my career a lot. I have been traveling the world for more than 20 years and now I have a quieter time, enjoy many other things such as having time to be with my family, with my friends, spend more time at home”.

In this sense, the director of the Mutua Madrid Open explained that he intends to expand the family with the model: “We would love to have a second child but time to time. Everything in due time. Darío is still very small”. The small Darius was born in December 2021.