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French Open 2023: Novak Djokovic 'the greatest returner I've ever seen' says John McEnroe

Eurosport expert and seven-time Grand Slam winner John McEnroe called Novak Djokovic the “greatest returner I’ve ever seen” during his French Open quarter-final over Karen Khachanov. Djokovic, aiming for a historic 23rd Grand Slam, survived an early scare on Court Philippe-Chatrier after losing the opening set to win 4-6 7-6(0) 6-2 6-4 and reach the semi-final at Roland-Garros. Ad The Serb underlined his quality by dishing out a 7-0 ‘bagel’ in the second set tie-break before comfortably seeing out the match.

Roland-GarrosDjokovic gives Eurosport exclusive reaction after quarter-final victory28 MINUTES AGO “He’s the greatest returner I’ve ever seen. It shows you what Karen’s up against, but it’s a decided edge for him in that department,” said McEnroe. The American was asked to clarify if he meant Djokovic was the greatest “because he gets everything back, or he can be devastating on return”.

He responded: “Both. Before it was that he got everything back. The last four or five years, a la Andre Agassi and Jimmy Connors — the two greatest I ever saw and played against — now he can be offensive or defensive.

Plus, he’s taller than those guys, so he can reach a lot more balls at 6’ 2.5.” 'Thank you for yelling at me' — Novak Djokovic blows kiss to fan, John McEnroe reacts Alexander Zverev frustrated over diabetes rules at French Open Novak Djokovic has 'a lot of guts' to want to be considered the GOAT — John McEnroe McEnroe also praised Khachanov for playing the “best set I’ve ever seen” the Russian play but feels the ‘bagel’ in the tie-break was the turning point in the match. “His best shot was to go big, and he did that,” said McEnroe. “He had to serve better than he ever [had], and that’s the best set I’ve ever seen

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