Around 10 o'clock last night in Beijing time, multiple self-media accounts released the news that his wife gave birth to a baby boy. Later, many media such as Spain's " Marcah ", France's "League of Team", and the British "Mirror" also released the same news, confirming that Nadal had been upgraded to his father.
In reporting the news, "The mother's child was born in the 37th week of her pregnancy. The mother and son are currently safe. The childbirth was conducted in a private clinic on Mallorca, where Nadal's wife has been staying for observation and resting in the past few weeks."
During the in early September, some media exposed that Nadal's wife was admitted to the hospital for care. On September 6, Nadal lost 1-3 to , Tiafo in the fourth round of the US Open. After losing the game, Nadal immediately flew back to Spain to visit his wife.
September 23, the Laver Cup started. Nadal, who was at home with his wife, was the last player to rush to London and missed the outdoor group photo activity before the game.
On September 24, after Nadal partnered with Federer to participate in a doubles match, he immediately announced his withdrawal from the next game and hurried back to Spain Mallorca . At that time, it was reported that Nadal's wife was approaching for delivery.
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00 pm today Beijing time, the French newspaper "League" published a report titled "Rafa Nadal's First Dad" on its official website. The report quoted Spanish Le Marca as saying, "Nadal, the second-ranked world leader, welcomed his first child, a boy on Mallorca this Saturday. Nadal has been qualified for the ATP year-end finals to be held in Turin from November 13-20. Nadal, who is upgraded to a dad, is expected to attend html after more than three weeks of the birth of the child. 1 Paris Masters . "
Under this report, the most liked netizen comment was, "Congratulations to Rafa! But Roger led 4-1. ". This comment implied that Nadal was the last member of the Big Three to upgrade to become a father. Nadal does lag behind Federer and Djokovic in giving birth.
Nadal, born in 1986, currently has 22 Grand Slam singles champions, currently ranked first; Djokovic, born in 1987, followed closely with 21 Grand Slam championships; Federer, born in 1981, ranked third with 20 Grand Slam championships.
Interestingly, Federer became the father of a twin daughter as early as 2009, and his wife Milka 25 years later gave birth to a twin son. Federer was promoted to a father at the age of 28 and currently has 4 children, including the twin daughters who are 13 years old and the twin sons who are 8 years old. As netizens commented, Federer is indeed much ahead of Nadal in terms of age and number of children to upgrade to a father.
Djokovic, one year younger than Nadal, currently has a son and a daughter, his son Stephen is 7 years old and his daughter Tara is 5 years old. The media has repeatedly exposed videos and photos of Djokovic playing tennis with his son. After winning the Wimbledon this year, Djokovic also took family photos with his wife and a pair of children at the Central Stadium. Like Federer, Djokovic also advanced to his father at the age of 28.
At present, the number of Grand Slam champions of the three giants Nadal, Djokovic and Federer is in a "22-21-20" arithmetic sequence, while the number of children netizens talk about is in a "1-2-4". When it comes to being a father and having children, Nadal is indeed a latecomer. (Source: Tennis Home Author: Yun Juan Yun Shu)