Rory McIlroy will be at Centre Court today looking while present at Wimbledon to catch-up with new friend and 10-time Grand Slam champion, Rafael Nadal.

The pair has been close as their both sponsored by Swiss watch giant, Audemars Piguet. 

Rory McIlroy 'tweets' picture of the U.S. Open trophy. (Photo - Fran Caffrey/www.golffile.ie)

However with lightning about the London area McIlroy didn’t get to see much tennis as play was halted for some time.

McIlroy has been chilling out since returning home to Northern Ireland with the U.S. Open trophy in his possession.

He had first returned triumphantly to Holywood Golf Club where his golf career began nearly 20 years earlier.

And despite some disappointment McIlroy’s pulled out of this week’s French Open in Versailles, McIlroy is likely not to touch a golf club to after this weekend when he’ll no doubt head to Royal St. George’s for an Open Championship practice round.

More important on his schedule at present is planned trips to Wimbledon and on the weekend McIlroy will be in Hamburg, Germany for David Hayes World Heavyweight unification title fight with Russian giant Wladimir Klitschko.

“To have these 10 days off is very nice as it allows me to focus on trying to win The Open,” McIlroy said to Sky Sports News.

“A lot of things go into winning a tournament. Obviously there’s preparation and needing to play well -and you need a bit of luck.

“But I feel as if I’m playing well and have a really good chance of winning and that’s all you can ask for.”

Earlier this week, McIlroy moved to a career high of No. 3 in the world and with former long-time World No. 1 Tiger Woods now looking unlikely to be playing in next month’s Open Championship, McIlroy says it’s good to take full advantage of Woods’ absence.

“It’s a good time for me to win things when he’s not playing his best,” said McIlroy.

“The first thing for Tiger is to get healthy and see what happens from there.

“I don’t know if anyone can answer if he’ll get back to where he was 10 years ago, but a lot of people would like to see him back on the course.”

It is a first in the history of the World Rankings that commenced in April, 1986 with British players holding down No.1, No. 2 and No. 3 in the world.

“We saw Lee get to number one in the world and Luke has been very consistent for the last two years,” he said.

“We’re working hard to beat one another and strive to be better than everyone else.”