US Open: Circumstances 'don't matter in 20 years' in Nadal, Djokovic, Federer GOAT debate - John McEnroe

John McEnroe says tennis fans will not remember the circumstances players have faced during their careers when discussing who the greatest tennis player of all time is. Rafael Nadal currently leads the Big Three on 22 Grand Slam titles, one more than Novak Djokovic on 21 and two more than Roger Federer (20).

Ad Djokovic missed this year's Australian Open due to not being vaccinated for Covid-19, which also sees him miss out on the US Open, lessening his chances of catching up with Nadal in the final years of his decorated tennis career. Federer, meanwhile, is continuing his comeback from knee surgery.

US Open'Trainwreck of trainwrecks' — McEnroe laments Djokovic's fragmented season4 HOURS AGO Former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters said on Eurosport: «It’s been such a focus for a few years, to see who can take that lead and who can catch up with Roger.

»I think no one expected Rafa [Nadal] to do so well in Australia, I don’t think he expected it, but for him it’s just all a matter of being able to stay healthy and making sure that ab muscle is fully recovered to last seven matches. «But it's very interesting that unfortunately two of these three guys aren’t going to be here this year.» McEnroe, who is part of Eurosport's coverage at Flushing Meadows, says the only question that will be asked when the Big Three are retired is who won the most Grand Slam titles.

He replied: «It doesn’t matter in 20 years, they’re going to ask who’s won the most? It’s not ‘well Djokovic wasn’t vaccinated so he couldn’t play'. 'Trainwreck of trainwrecks' — McEnroe laments Djokovic's fragmented season McEnroe wonders if Williams 'could be tempted' to carry on if she wins US Open Barbara Schett said: „But he could have won these two he couldn’t