The interviewer pressed him on why he said greatest female player instead of

Jun 27, 2017
8:31:11pm

wabluecoug All-American

Just saying greatest ever. I think she wanted him to say she was the greatest ever and he wasn't going to play that game. He was trying to compliment her but now it's all turned around.

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Good for McEnroe. No apology necessary

Bob Vance

6/27/17 7:54pm

If McEnroe was forced to apologize there's no hope left in the world

cougarmanguy

6/27/17 8:06pm

I'm pretty sure that under the right circumstances i could easily beat Serena

TheDeek

6/27/17 8:07pm

1998 Braasch (ranked 203rd) challenged both Williams sisters and won 6-1 6-2

franklyvulgar

6/27/17 8:19pm

The girls were still teenagers so not the best data point but McEnroe

Baron

6/27/17 8:48pm

True but they were still only a year or two away from winning grand slams

franklyvulgar

6/27/17 9:25pm

She won the US open in 99, less than a year later

cougarmanguy

6/27/17 9:31pm

FWIW, I play tennis enough to have served as the whipping boy to my brothers who

Bob Vance

6/27/17 11:15pm

This is just another example of our ridiculous overreacting media. He answered

wabluecoug

6/27/17 8:22pm

It did seem like an unnecessary comment by McEnroe

NacoCoug

6/27/17 8:24pm

The interviewer pressed him on why he said greatest female player instead of

wabluecoug

6/27/17 8:31pm

Maybe it's just semantics

NacoCoug

6/27/17 8:49pm

I don't think that's how it was meant. "Greatest" has a pretty specific

benny1982

6/27/17 8:54pm

lol, did you just disagree with me and then agree with me?

NacoCoug

6/27/17 9:04pm

No. They're still different, even if one often encompasses the other.

benny1982

6/27/17 9:09pm

Sorry, that still wasn't clear what I was saying. Ha. I'm saying that the

benny1982

6/27/17 9:15pm

It's obviously not so obvious to these people

YIsForBrigham

6/27/17 8:55pm

Except she didn't say "greatest"....she said "best"

rggee

6/28/17 2:11pm

Listen to the interview again.

Beggar

6/27/17 8:48pm

I'm sure he could have been more vague with his answer (i.e., leave off "700"),

benny1982

6/27/17 8:53pm

Must have been attempting an argument that Serena has more grand slam victories

Preppy

6/27/17 8:58pm

Most of Court's were before the "Open Era."

mobomanjoe

6/27/17 9:39pm

Mobo, wiki says that Court is better. Graf is better than Serena too.

Preppy

6/27/17 9:48pm

Wait...how is Graf better?

mobomanjoe

6/28/17 5:51am

No idea. It's a ranking by international tennis experts.

Preppy

6/28/17 6:56am

Link?

mobomanjoe

6/28/17 7:20am

Link

Preppy

6/28/17 8:33am

They should do that for all sports for a couple years... just tin

kotacoug

6/27/17 8:25pm

It was a compliment

Stocktonblues

6/27/17 8:38pm

Plus most former high school starters

YIsForBrigham

6/27/17 8:58pm

I love it. He was being nice. Serena would be lucky to be on the men's circuit. And that's ok

YIsForBrigham

6/27/17 8:54pm

It is vintage Mac, and I love it.

Solomon Levi

6/27/17 9:16pm

It's funny watching the woman on the left. So much butt-hurt.

Backcountry

6/27/17 9:26pm

Worst find a man on TV can do. Speak the truth

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