'We desperately need to see that' – John McEnroe backs Nick Kyrgios call to push new personalities

John McEnroe has stressed the importance of tennis finding new personalities as Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer enjoy the twilight of their careers. The American seven-time major champion was responding to Nick Kyrgios’ claim that the sport is too transfixed with the ‘Big Three’ and has not done enough to promote new stars. Ad/> Djokovic, Nadal and Federer have won 60 Grand Slam singles titles between them – incredibly all tied on 20 each.

Since Federer won his first in 2003, the trio have failed to triumph at just 12 of the last 72 majors. Australian Open'What would Novak do?' – Medvedev credits Djokovic for two-set comeback3 HOURS AGO Kyrgios is undoubtedly one of the biggest characters on tour and has found an unlikely home of the doubles court at the Australian Open, teaming up with compatriot Thanasi Kokkinakis and reaching the semi-finals. And McEnroe believes that while it is understandable the biggest names have grabbed the attention in recent years, the time is right to start pushing new faces.

“I’ve been talking about the need in tennis for personalities. You need to have a rooting interest in someone. Whether you think he’s the bad guy, some people think Djokovic is Darth Vader.

Everyone loves Roger Federer,” McEnroe told Eurosport. “It’s not like it is in team sports where you can root for your city or your country, so this idea of expressing yourself and showing personality is very important. “It would be pretty hard on the other hand not to focus the last 10-15 years on those three guys.

What they’ve done is beyond belief, out of this world. Winning 20 majors each. I used to think I had seven, that’s pretty good.

Well it doesn’t look so good now. “This is an amazing thing. We’re looking at