20 Jun 2011

Nadal has fingers crossed for McIlroy

12:41 pm on 20 June 2011

The world tennis number one and defending Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal says he has not missed a shot of golfer Rory McIlroy's performance in the US Open at Congressional and hopes the 22-year-old claims his first major today.

Nadal has been texting his support to the Northern Irishman and would love to see him turn up at Wimbledon, which starts tomorrow, and the Spaniard says he's taken great inspiration from McIlroy's record setting form in Maryland.