As you may have heard, tennis legend John McEnroe got into some hot water recently for saying that he believes Serena Williams would be ranked “like 700 in the world” if she played against men. Yeah… talk about poking a hornet’s nest. McEnroe, as any casual fan of tennis knows, is really good at doing that sort of thing and now that he’s on a book tour what better time to do it again, right?
On Tuesday McEnroe appeared on CBS This Morning where, of course, his comments about Williams were brought up once again.
“I respect Serena very much so and I was simply calling her on NPR, which supposedly this is where you can say it like it is and you’re gonna get honest feedback, she’s the greatest player, female player, that’s ever lived,” McEnroe clarified before offering a solution.