John McEnroe was there in person in Paris to watch Rafael Nadal march to a 14th Roland Garros trophy and he spoke about the Spaniard's chances in London.
McEnroe had a first-row seat in Paris to watch Rafa make history and he emphatically declared that 'this will never ever happen again. It's hard to argue against that because not many players played 14 total grand slam finals let alone won so many and let alone won one of them 14 times. Speaking about what he saw in Paris, McEnroe admitted that winning Wimbledon will be much harder than Roland Garros or the Australian Open:
Rafa’s toughest one is going to be this one for me because if you go by what he said at the French Open, he was injecting himself on his foot during some, if not all of his matches. I can’t believe you decided not to do that. I’m not sure how he did it in the first place, and he’s still able to win seven matches and look incredible, right? The guy looked amazing.
McEnroe also shared his own opinion on the injections saying that if he was Nadal he would continue doing them because it clearly works. Nadal himself openly admitted that he won't be doing that again opting for a novel treatment for the pain instead.
If I’m 36, I don’t know how much longer I’m going to play, going for the Slam, I’d start shooting that foot up again and get through Wimbledon and the Open. That would be me. He may be able to play a few more years. He also talked about wanting to be able to walk when he has kids. That’s a risk that no athlete wants to take.
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