“Is This Even News?” – Kirsten Flipkens Plays Down Childhood Relationship With Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal has a pretty strong bond with his wife Xisca Perello. In fact, his romantic endeavors, exclusive of Xisca, are little known of and whenever people imagine him in love, it’s always with his wife. The two of them have been together for more than 14 long years.

However, fans got a little sneak peek into Nadal‘s pre-Xisca romantic life a few days back. It came as a shock to many people considering the other person involved. Belgian tennis star Kirsten Flipkens revealed that she was involved in a romantic relationship with Rafa as a teenager.

She made these comments on a Dutch TV show. In no time, this became a headline. Flipkens expressed surprise that this news had gotten the fans so interested, considering this was a childhood relationship for the two.

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Flipkens decided to reply to a tweet by Portuguese journalist Jose Morgado, who had put up an exciting tweet about her recent revelation.

Her reason for the surprise was that both are living separate lives now and it was not newsworthy to bring a teenage relationship to the forefront. Flipkens believes that her comments have been blown out of proportion.

Well, tennis fans certainly love to dig out information about their favorite athletes.

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“That’s right, we are the same age. We grew up together, ” Flipkens said. “Have we ever had anything (laughs)? Yeah, that’s right. When I was fourteen years old, I had a thing with Rafael. But he didn’t speak English at the time, so we couldn’t go further than hand in hand and a kiss.”

While it’s certainly interesting to know this unique fact, it’s safe to assume that Rafa is very happy in his married life now. However, it’s never harmful to know such interesting facts. Rafael Nadal and Kirsten Flipkens would have certainly been a cute couple in their times.