In the aftermath of their relationship breaking down, Wozniacki gave her side of the story in an interview with Yahoo News and discussed how taken aback she was by the sudden nature of McIlroy’s decision to initiate their split without an in-person conversation.

“It was very hard because he made it very public from the start,” she explained. “He put out a press release so I didn’t have a choice, you know, it just got put in my face.

“Oh I was shocked. I thought at least, you know, I would get a face-to-face or something. But there was nothing – it was just a phone call and I did not hear from him again. I don’t think you expect to find yourself in a situation like that, you can’t prepare yourself or your body for anything like that so I think I was in a bit of a shocked phase there for a while.”