McEnroe after comment on Raducanu in the review
John McEnroe has to take criticism again after his assessment of the situation around the abandonment of Emma Raducanu in the round of 16 of Wimbledon 2021.
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last edit: Jul 06, 2021, 05:30 pm
If you want to know what John McEnroe thinks, you just have to listen to him: The US tennis legend is alien to any diplomatic restraint - whether as a player on the court, as captain of the world team at the Laver Cup or as a commentator on TV right now on the BBC. On Monday evening, McEnroe had to oversee Emma Raducanu's match against Ajla Tomljanovic.
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And assessed the young British girl's task in the middle of the second sentence as follows: "I'm sorry for Emma, of course," said McEnroe. “It looks like it just got a little too much for her. Which is understandable, especially in view of what we have experienced with Naomi Osaka during the last six weeks, who is not even here. ”Furthermore, it would not have helped that the match between Alexander Zverev and Félix Auger-Aliassime dragged on like this. "It's a lot to deal with, especially if you've never experienced anything like this before."
Murray on Raducanu's side
John McEnroe does not see the future prospects of the British young hopes being further burdened. “Maybe it isn't so bad that it happened when she was only 18. I played that tournament when I was 18 and I was kind of happy that I lost. So I could understand what it takes to make it. "
Opponent Tomljanovic reacted to the comments from McEnroe, astonished. “I can't imagine being in your shoes at 18 in the fourth round of this home tournament. For McEnroe to say such a thing, I definitely brutal. I've seen something similar, if not to this extent. I know that it is not easy. "
Andy Murray has also come forward in defense of Emma Raducanu Wort. Even if not in the direction of John McEnroe, but of the well-known TV presenter Piers Morgan. McEnroe had been right in his assessments.
The tea hooker with a Romanian father and Chinese mother also spoke on Tuesday via Twitter. And Emma Raducanu also thinks that she will learn from this experience.
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