The exhibition match between Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios, a new edition of the ‘Battle of the Sexes’, at the beginning of the yearreawakened the debate around men’s and women’s tennis.
Following this, Patrick McEnroe, former captain of the US Davis Cup team, said on his radio show ‘Holding Court’ that “if you put the best junior player in the world, the best 17-year-old, against Sabalenka, he would beat her 6-1, 6-1 or something like that. But to me that’s irrelevant”.
Despite these statements, McEnroe said he is a big fan of women’s tennis. “I’m not saying this to disparage women’s tennis, I love women’s tennis. If there’s a good match, I’ll watch it more than a men’s match where there’s a crushing victory.”
I don’t say this to disparage women’s tennis, I love women’s tennis
Patrick highlighted that “it’s a totally different game. For some reason, people don’t see tennis the same way because they see Madison Keys or Sabalenka hit their forehand as hard as Sinner. Well, they don’t give it the same effect and the movement is different”.
Read the full article here
