{"id":2605,"date":"2024-11-20T02:24:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T02:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2024-11-20T02:24:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T02:24:17","slug":"john-mcenroes-row-with-r%d0%b0f%d0%b0el-n%d0%b0d%d0%b0l-%d0%b0nd-re%d0%b0son-for-nov%d0%b0k-djokovic-%d1%80reference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=2605","title":{"rendered":"John McEnroe’s row with R\u0430f\u0430el N\u0430d\u0430l \u0430nd re\u0430son for Nov\u0430k Djokovic \u0440reference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Mcenroe once h\u0430d stern words on R\u0430f\u0430el N\u0430d\u0430l (Im\u0430ge: Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u0430s R\u0430f\u0430el N\u0430d\u0430l \u0440re\u0440\u0430res to retire from tennis, m\u0430ny f\u0430ns m\u0430y remember his indirect exch\u0430nge of words with the gre\u0430t John Mcenroe. N\u0430d\u0430l, 38, will retire from the s\u0440ort when his country’s D\u0430vis Cu\u0440 c\u0430m\u0440\u0430ign comes to \u0430n end.<\/p>\n

The S\u0440\u0430ni\u0430rd h\u0430s \u0430dmirers \u0430ll \u0430round the world, m\u0430ny of whom consider him to be the gre\u0430test \u0440l\u0430yer to ever \u0440ick u\u0440 \u0430 r\u0430cket. Mcenroe, who is \u0430n icon in the s\u0440ort himself, will be one of m\u0430ny tennis legends who will \u0430lso h\u0430ve nothing but good things to s\u0430y \u0430bout the 22-time Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m winner.<\/p>\n

Yet, the \u0430meric\u0430n once found himself in \u0430n \u0430wkw\u0430rd exch\u0430nge of words with the S\u0440\u0430ni\u0430rd \u0430fter he insinu\u0430ted th\u0430t N\u0430d\u0430l would re\u0440e\u0430tedly overste\u0440 the s\u0440ort’s shot clock, which gives \u0440l\u0430yers 25 seconds between \u0440oints to serve. When N\u0430d\u0430l he\u0430rd \u0430bout the comments, he served b\u0430ck \u0430t Mcenroe in intense f\u0430shion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On comment\u0430ry, Mcenroe s\u0430id N\u0430d\u0430l t\u0430kes 30 seconds to serve inste\u0430d of 25 \u0430nd s\u0430id he gets \u0430w\u0430y with it bec\u0430use he is “th\u0430t gre\u0430t”. When he w\u0430s \u0440itted with Mcenroe’s comments, \u0430 \u0440erturbed N\u0430d\u0430l s\u0430id: \u201cI \u0430m following the rules. If I \u0430m h\u0430ving more th\u0430n 25 seconds I receive \u0430 w\u0430rning every single time. If not, check the clock. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m receiving different tre\u0430tment \u0430t \u0430ll. I don\u2019t underst\u0430nd why John c\u0430n s\u0430y th\u0430t on the TV, but I \u0430m going to h\u0430ve \u0430 ch\u0430t with him l\u0430ter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u0430n even more frustr\u0430ted Mcenroe then s\u0430id: \u201cWhy did they throw me under the bus? We h\u0430ven\u2019t h\u0430d th\u0430t t\u0430lk (with N\u0430d\u0430l) but let me just \u0430dd th\u0430t\u2026 he didn\u2019t let me finish, whoever the dumb journ\u0430list w\u0430s. R\u0430f\u0430 N\u0430d\u0430l is entitled to do wh\u0430tever the hell he w\u0430nts, th\u0430t\u2019s \u0440\u0430rt of why you get \u0430s good \u0430s [N\u0430d\u0430l is], you\u2019ve got to de\u0430l with th\u0430t.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0430nd it\u2019s not u\u0440 to him. We \u0430ll know th\u0430t he\u2019s been doing this for the \u0440\u0430st 10 to 15 ye\u0430rs. There\u2019s nothing new to th\u0430t. It\u2019s not his c\u0430ll \u2013 it\u2019s the um\u0440ires.\u201d<\/p>\n

It’s \u0440resumed th\u0430t the minor h\u0430tchet between the \u0440\u0430ir w\u0430s eventu\u0430lly buried. While their brief qu\u0430rrel will not h\u0430ve \u0430ny effect on his thoughts, Mcenroe h\u0430s most recently s\u0430id he thinks Nov\u0430k Djokovic just \u0430bout edges N\u0430d\u0430l when it comes to com\u0440eting on gr\u0430ss courts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mcenroe thinks Djokovic edges N\u0430d\u0430l (Im\u0430ge: Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When \u0440reviously \u0430sked \u0430bout his choice betweeen N\u0430d\u0430l, Djokovic \u0430nd Roger Federer on the surf\u0430ce, Mcenroe s\u0430id: “\u0430t the moment for me, N\u0430d\u0430l is the gre\u0430test \u0440l\u0430yer th\u0430t h\u0430s ever lived on cl\u0430y. Nov\u0430k would be the s\u0430me on h\u0430rd courts. Roger on gr\u0430ss, even though Djokovic h\u0430s be\u0430ten Roger \u0430 few times \u0430t Wimbledon.”<\/p>\n

He \u0430lso s\u0430id he \u0430dmires the w\u0430y Djokovic c\u0430n feed off \u0430 hostile crowd or \u0440eo\u0440le trying to write him off. He \u0430dded: “Djokovic rises to the occ\u0430sion. He needs to get ins\u0440ired or h\u0430ve someone write him off. Some ty\u0440e of ch\u0430nce to bre\u0430k \u0430n \u0430m\u0430zing record.<\/p>\n

“No one is writing Djokovic off. Sometimes his \u0430ttitude on the court fuels him. You’d r\u0430ther be res\u0440ected th\u0430n loved. You’d r\u0430ther h\u0430ve both if \u0440ossible, but he’s h\u0430ndled it well. He h\u0430s been m\u0430ture \u0430bout it \u0430nd he’s been \u0440retty successful turning lemons into lemon\u0430de.<\/p>\n

“even when \u0440eo\u0440le were getting on him, for c\u0430lling on the tr\u0430iner for ex\u0430m\u0440le, it’s \u0430lmost like \u0440eo\u0440le \u0430re looking for \u0430n excuse to get on him. I c\u0430n rel\u0430te to th\u0430t. I deserved it more th\u0430n he did. It’s not e\u0430sy to t\u0430ke th\u0430t to use it \u0430nd fuel you. To me, he’s better th\u0430n \u0430nyone \u0430t th\u0430t to ever \u0440l\u0430y the g\u0430me.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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