The Spanish tennis champion is competing in the Madrid Open
's Madrid Open farewell has kicked off to a brilliant start after his straight-set win over American teenager Darwin Blanch on Thursday.
The mother-and-son duo looked happy as they watched 37-year-old Rafael in action. They were also joined by the sports star's sister Maribel in the box.In his post-match chat, Rafael admitted that he wished he could play further into his career in order to create more memories for his son. "But I can't, probably I will not be able to make that happen. But at least, I mean I'm happy to have a great team and family and friends around me almost all my life. It helped me in every single way of being happy."
"Hopefully they're going to keep being next to me in the future after my tennis career, and that makes me feel great and super happy."Rafael will soon play Australian Alex de Minaur, who beat him in the second round of the Barcelona Open last week, in the next round.confirmed the news, and wrote: "Both the mum and her baby, born in the 37th week of her pregnancy, are doing well.
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