THE HEIR IS BORN”-Tennis fans erupt in joy as Rafael Nadal and his revealed baby photos

World No. 2 Rafael Nadal has been blessed with a baby boy after his wife Maria Francisca Perello gave birth to their first child in a clinic on the island of Mallorca on Saturday.

Nadal and Perello have been together for over two decades now. They first met in Nadal’s hometown of Mallorca when he was 19 and she was 17. Having dated for 14 years, the couple tied the knot in 2019 on a romantic holiday in Rome, as reported by Hola Spain.

Excited tennis fans took to Twitter to react to the wonderful news, showering Nadal and his wife with love and good wishes.

One user was ecstatic to find out that it was a boy, proclaiming him as the “heir.”

“THE HEIR IS BORN. ITS A BOY. ALL HEIL THE NEW KING,” they tweeted.