John McEnroe regards Serena Williams as not only the greatest female athlete of all time but also one of the best of all time in general.
McEnroe has been around tennis for the whole length of Serena Williams' career and the American was able to watch all the highs and lows of his compatriot's caeer. McEnroe respects Williams a whole lot and he's never been shy about admitting it. He'll get to watch her one final time at his year's US Open and speaking ahead of it, he had a lot to say:
"Serena’s the greatest female athlete, to me, in the history of sports. I don’t care who you could come up with. She’s one of the greatest athletes period – male or female. She’s put herself along the likes of Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, whoever you wanna say … She’s 40 years old. She’s done everything in tennis. She’s got nothing to prove.
McEnroe continued:
"It sounds like she wants to have more kids, awesome. She’s got a lot of other interests. People want to be a part of what she’s doing. She’ll be doing just fine. We were sort of expecting this to happen. She wanted to win a couple more, one or two more, break the all-time record, win a couple after having her daughter. That doesn’t look like it’s gonna happen but that, to me, doesn’t take away that she’s the greatest of all time."
She plays Emma Raducanu later today.
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