Nadal and Perelló reportedly prioritized privacy on their big day and asked their more than 300 attendants to leave their cell phones in lockers ahead of the ceremony,.
Nadal's claycourt prowess and records are the stuff of folklore; no player, male or female, has ever dominated a single surface the way Nadal has.
This statement set the whole tennis fraternity on fire and he was criticized for such a statement.
It was Toni Nadal who advised his charge to play left-handed, as he rightly believed that would give Rafa an inherent advantage on the court.
His 'banana' shots that curve into the court because of the revolutions he imparts on the ball are roundly eulogized.
Then a poor volley lets Nadal into the net with a forehand cross-court winner.