Xisca, the discreet shadow of Nadal
Four years dating tennis player without getting caught up in the 'flash' of photographers
It
is easy to see her walk in flip-flops for Manacor. Even in the metro of
Palma, on her way to college. Not hiding, but neither seeks to make
herself known. Xisca lives and acts as what she is, a manacorí student
of 21 years who has not been dazzled by the fame or the 18 million
euros won by Rafael Nadal a year. Just abandons her anonymity for two
reasons. The first: When she decides to watch her boyfriends matches
live, provided that the classes and examinations of Business
Administration at the University of the Balearic Islands will allow.
Indeed, the Montreal tournament she followed him from the stands and is
now pending in Cincinnati (USA). Secondly, upon arriving the summer and
"paparazzi" are bet on each of the coves of the Balearic Islands.
Faithful friends
Maria
Francisca Perello Pascual, the only daughter of the builder Bernat
Perelló and local official María Pascual , is careful not to steal any
other holder "girlfriend" on paper "coated". Her secret? Lead a life so
simple and unobtrusive, which was out of media interest. So much so
that there is no statement recorded hers in a recorder or a 'Photocal"
image . Have you ever heard her voice? It is precisely this attitude
that has remained nearly four years lasting relationship which allows
her to hang out in Palma with her Kia,no one stopping to point fingers
or go to a Cafe in Porto Cristo with friends without hearing comments
from people around her. This discretion also soaks her immediate
environment, who are loyal to the end. "We will not comment on
anything, not even when she leaves here, Xisca and Rafa are our friends
and they deserve that we be as discreet as they " commented the ones
who know Xisca to La Razon's questions about daily life of Nada's
girlfriend.
Nadal has not had another girlfriend, despite a year
ago the international press wanted to pair him with Danish tennis
player Caroline Wozniacki. "We're not boyfriends, but we see each other
from time to time," said Wozniacki then. Before this ambiguity, the
public relations of the sportsman, Benito Perez Barbadillo, reacted
with a public note clarifying that Rafa was still with Xisca. "She is a
frank and sensible girl, not interested in the" glamor "or fame,"
guaranteed by her aunt Maria. And even in her wardrobe she shows
unmistakable to wanted to pass unnoticed: jeans, t-shirts in basic
colors, aviator sunglasses from Ray-Ban, and pearl studs -Mallorcan, of
course.
But the couple has not been spared the 'paparazzi'
seeking the snapshot of severity when going to some escapade (Paris,
London. ..) or enjoy their holidays. They have also refined their goals
in recent weeks to show Rafa and Xisca shopping in the island, walk
around the yacht club, on his boat deck or ridding on jet ski. It is in
these circumstances when you can see the shy Nadal embracing his girl,
giving kisses or accomplices hand around the waist.
The uncle
and coach of Rafa, Toni Nadal thinks that media silence surrounding the
lives of Xisca and Rafa is that "things that are very normal and I do
not think they wake up one special interest of the press. they will be
equal of exposure as the others, because this type of media has
unlimited power to follow and to publish to that they want"
Since the age of fourteen
By
then, the marriage of the parents of Rafa was cracked. The rupture was
inevitable, and just start by Wimbledon correspondent 'Times' Neil
Harmann, blamed part of the weakness of Nadal in the tracks to his
"heart was elsewhere." "One is human, and when changes occur in the
family, it is difficult to digest. I suffered because I was away, but
I've learned to live with it and got it passed. Still, I won Indian
Wells, Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome, acknowledged in TVE.
Faced
with such adverse circumstances, Xisca has become his main shelter.
Rafa and Xisca known since age fourteen and that she has entered and
exited as one of the Palau, the building known as the fourteenth
century in which so far were all Nadal, including grandparents. So much
so that apparently they hid their relationship for over a year. "My
nephew told me he was always single. Had the well-kept secret," which
he has has recognized more than one occasion to Uncle Tony, who also
lives in Palau with his wife and daughter .