SHANE LOWRY and wife Wendy got the lowdown on Wimbledon from none other than Novak Djokovic. The Irish golfing ace shared a photo album from their day out at SW19 - which featured a pic of him with the seven-time champ . Naturally, that pic was the one that garnered the most attention among his Instagram followers.
Mary Dolan quipped: "Fabulous photos. How lucky was Novak to get to meet you!" The same punchline came to mind for Stephen McTanamy as he also wished him at The Open next week. He added: "Wow, Novak got to meet a living Irish Legend.
Best of luck at Troon Shane." While the 37-year-old's match-up with Holger Rune went in predictably straightforward fashion, Shane and everyone else in attendance did witness a memorable post-match moment from him. He'd clearly grown frustrated with the 'Ruuuuuune' chants from the crowd which he also took as a subliminal booing of him.
As he held the mic he let loose: “To all the fans that have respect and stayed tonight, thank you from the bottom of my heart, I appreciate it. “To all those people that have chosen to disrespect play and one player, in this case me, have a GOOOD-night. A GOOOD-night.
A very goodnight. “They were disrespecting me. I don’t accept it, no, no, no.
“I know they were cheering for Rune but that is also an excuse to boo. “Listen, I have been on the Tour for more than 20 years. So trust me, I know all the tricks, I know how it works.
“It’s fine, it’s fine, it’s OK. I focus on the respectful p.