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Jun 27, 2017
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Beggar
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Listen to the interview again.
He kept getting pressed and then offered his opinion of where she is relative to men.
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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
Adrielle
6/28/17 8:58am
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