Andy Murray rubbed salt in Rafael Nadal's wounds by texting him out of the blue when Arsenal beat Real Madrid in the Champions League.

Nadal, a boyhood Madrid fan, revealed the amusing story during his ceremony on Court Philippe-Chatrier yesterday.

“My good friend Andy, we were not in touch for a while," Nadal explained.

“The day that Arsenal beat Real Madrid, when the match just finished, after one second, he text me a message, telling me, ‘Hey, Rafa, haven’t spoken to you in a while. Just checking in to make sure you are okay.’

“So honestly, [it] takes me like five seconds to realise what I was reading, because at the beginning, I said, ‘Okay, he’s such a nice guy. He’s asking about how I’m doing, family.’

“After five seconds, I said, ‘This British sense of humour.’ By the way, I didn’t text him back when PSG beat Arsenal.”