Nadal a man in a hurry at SW19

RAFAEL NADAL stayed up late to watch his friend Rory McIlroy win golf’s US Open but was still fresh enough to start the defence of his Wimbledon title with a straight-sets win over Michael Russell yesterday.

Nadal a man in a hurry at SW19
Tue, 21 Jun, 2011 - 01:00
Wayne Gardiner

Nadal and McIlroy’s friendship started when they met at the US Open last September.

As McIlroy lifted his maiden major title at Congressional, it was approaching 12.30am at SW19.

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CourtsPlace: SW19Place: LondonPlace: AmericaPlace: Centre CourtPlace: FrancePerson: NadalPerson: Rory McIlroyPerson: Michael RussellPerson: McIlroyPerson: Ryan SweetingPerson: RussellPerson: Andy MurrayPerson: Daniel Gimeno-TraverPerson: Gimeno-TraverPerson: MurrayPerson: ScotPerson: Milos RaonicPerson: Rafael NadalPerson: RaonicPerson: Marc GicquelPerson: Fabio FogniniPerson: FrenchmanPerson: Tomas BerdychPerson: Filippo VolandriPerson: Gael MonfilsPerson: Matthias BachingerPerson: Mardy FishPerson: Marcel GranollersPerson: Richard GasquetPerson: Santiago GiraldoPerson: Venus WilliamsPerson: WilliamsPerson: Akgul AmanmuradovaEvent: US OpenEvent: WimbledonEvent: Australian OpenOrganisation: Germany
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