McEnroe Brothers: Novak Djokovic is Not an Overwhelming Favorite to Win the US Open

I don’t understand, really the Big Brothers McEnroe!!Thay saying what thay saying about Djokovic but still he is not an overwhelming favorite!?And that same old story about Fed and Nadal and motivation like they are not being motivated on AO and Wimbledon?You tell me,please!What are thay talking about?Sorry for my bad english!

August 17th, 2011 at 5:12 pm

These two are a couple of hacks who have never uttered an original thought in their lives. Have they been even watching tennis this year? Murray? Really?

Egad, they sound as tedious as when they provide “color” commentary (and I use the term loosely).

Thank goodness for the MUTE button.

August 17th, 2011 at 5:39 pm

John McEnroe is just way too obsessed with Nadal as usual. He rants about how amazing Nadal is while commentating on a match that Nadal isn’t even apart of. He’s a weird guy.

August 17th, 2011 at 5:44 pm

To sum up the position of the McEnroes:

The basic reason to think Djokovic will win is that he is playing streets ahead of anybody else, especially his main rivals.

The basic reason to think Fed, Nadal or Murray might win is that they must be feeling pretty miffed about how things have gone this year.

Now which of hese two positions seems to be the more persuasive?

August 17th, 2011 at 5:59 pm

What i see here is that Mcenroe might be a bit tensed and hoping that his record does not get broken! Hence spreading all this mental things about Djoko. As it is, I have never liked Mcenroe brothers as they seem to be obsessed about themselves and Nadal more than anyone else.
i think Djokovic is more than a strong fav to win US open and no matter how people try to belittle his achievements, i am sure he will play to win not heeding to this useless rant of people.

I loved this article on Djokovic and his mindset which has enabled him to win so much this year!

Where There Is Djokovic/Serena, There Is A Way http://bit.ly/pQ5MtT

Prob Mcenroe brothers can read this and clear their head!

August 17th, 2011 at 7:12 pm

I think they’re just trying to sell the tournament, drum up interest. Why would they say djokovic is the overwhelming favourite? Because it’s the truth. He’s unbeaten on hardcourt for over 8 months!! But saying that would be bad marketing you need to sell the tournament, the big matches hence drum up the notion- which is reasonable and valid to do so- that nadal, federer and Murray are major threats.

August 17th, 2011 at 9:25 pm

Aw – come on you guys – – the McEnroe boys are great – – – love them both…. I think Patrick is a real sweetheart of a guy – and as for John, he is a little rough around the edges – but always ends things with a SMILE

August 17th, 2011 at 10:35 pm

Margie, Obviously related or married to these lah-ooo-zers or hitting the sauce. Please stop.

August 17th, 2011 at 11:21 pm

he makes the sport a nationalistic stuff!
we all hate that!
he has typical Serbian macho chauvinism that most other players and countries do not
i think there are better players than him
Murray almost took him twice this year ,Nadal has a psicological fear of him but could overcome it anytime ,
Del Potro should be on the rise as well as Feliciano Lopez and Dolgopolov
Federer could take anybody anytime
Tsonga is playing great and even Mardy Fish got a set out of him,watch out!

August 17th, 2011 at 11:33 pm

How can you confer Nadal with the title of Greatest player of all time ??? He has much to prove to deserve that honour. Ofcourse, there is no doubt that Nadal is a great player and his records speak for himself. But the title of Greatest is in a league of its own. Federer has proved time and again to deserve that tag. Nadal is yet to prove although his piling of records so far has been brilliant to say the least at his age. There is more in him and we can analyse this only when he finishes his career. As of today, Federer deserves the Greatest tag and Nadal definitely one of the All Time Greats.

August 18th, 2011 at 12:28 am

Unfortunately, for Nadal and Federer to meet in the semis as McEnroe wants, they must be in the same side of the draw which is NEVER the case. This US Open, again Djokovic and Federer will be in the same side of the draw even if the draw is “random”.

August 18th, 2011 at 1:09 am

What the Mc Enroes are saying is right. Essentially, there will be more focussed and driven opposition to Djokovic’s current unbelievable wave of success. They are saying Djokovic is a heavy favourite but not overwhelming – which translates to ‘there will be serious opposition to him’.
I think if Federer is in Djokovic’s half and they meet up in the semis that will be the end of Djokovic. Nadal fans should be praying for such a draw as Nadal’s game type easily prevails over Federer (Federer’s single handed backhand) while finds it very hard to overcome the flat counterhitting of Djokovic.

August 18th, 2011 at 1:25 am

@Dory, the draw could well put Nadal and Federer in the same half. The way it is done is that seeds 1 and 4 are in one half with seeds 2 and 3 in the other….OR seeds 1 and 4 in one half while seeds 2 and 3 in the other…depending on the way the names are drawn from the ‘hat’. So, it’s a 50-50 chance really…

August 18th, 2011 at 1:29 am

I think they are just saying that those other three can play tennis too and are capable of doing it too is all really. At least I hope …

August 18th, 2011 at 1:30 am

sorry, I meant to say “OR seeds 1 and 3 in one half while seeds 2 and 4 in the other…”

August 18th, 2011 at 1:33 am

It is always great to read the words of the Macs, they know what they are talking about. It is refreshing to hear their words regarding Rafa and Roger. The US Open should be interesting, hopefully we will have a Roger and Rafa final if they are in different halves of the draw of course.

August 18th, 2011 at 3:34 am

I think there’s no stopping Djokovic at least for the US Open. The superserb has won more titles this year than all titles in his career combined prior to 2011.

August 18th, 2011 at 4:21 am

Djoker definitely is NOT the favorite but, given the results he got so far, he is a favorite still.

August 18th, 2011 at 4:22 am

Dory!? He won 27 of them…

August 18th, 2011 at 5:36 am

rep micheal i agree,and rafa to his credit has always said roger is the greatest,and has always said hes happy to just be regarded as one of the greatest,to be honest it seems to be the fans and the commontators that obsess over who is the greater,not the players themselves.

August 18th, 2011 at 7:35 am

rep vasos pavlika,i agree,although some may not,a roger rafa final at the us open,would mean they would have come full circle and faced each other in every grand slam,heres hoping they are on opposite sides of the draw,as for the macs ive always loved them too,they are always honest people dont always like what they have to say,tough luck im afraid,thats life.

August 18th, 2011 at 8:46 am

the conclusion is,Djoker is not McEnroe Brothers Favorite, and its a shame, that they give such a negative comment like that. As a proff comentator, you should not take side, but, they just did, to tell , how much they love Rafa and Roger, and how much they want them to last forever, hope Djoker will come out to prove them wrong……

August 18th, 2011 at 10:40 am

Geez, they both said he’s the favorite but not the “overwhelming” favorite.

That’s fair considering he’s never won the Open and is only in his first year at world #1.

“Overwhelming favorite” would apply to Nadal at the FO before this year, or Fed at Wimby 2005, AO 2006 or sth like that.

August 18th, 2011 at 11:15 am

“A big cloud of dust follows a good horse”
– Serbian proverb :))

August 18th, 2011 at 11:28 am

Rep Alison,

Great to read the words of someome that understands tennis i.e. about the Macs, I enjoyed reading ur comments.

Vasos Pavlika

August 18th, 2011 at 7:33 pm

Efip….LOL

August 18th, 2011 at 11:37 pm

GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE. DJOKOVIC IS THE FAVORITE BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN HE’S GOING TO WIN THE US OPEN. NADAL IS THE DEFENDING CHAMP. AND IF HE PLAYS AT THE OPEN THE WAY HE DID LAST YEAR WHEN HE WON THE TITLE, THEN I WOULD SAY HIS CHANCES TO WIN AGAIN ARE AS GOOD IF NOT BETTER THAN DJOKOVIC OR FEDERER.

August 19th, 2011 at 9:30 am

John is not liking the possibility of Nole having a better year than his 1984 season, obviously…

August 19th, 2011 at 9:34 am

Dory said:
Unfortunately, for Nadal and Federer to meet in the semis as McEnroe wants, they must be in the same side of the draw which is NEVER the case. This US Open, again Djokovic and Federer will be in the same side of the draw even if the draw is “random”.
Harsh I think that’s fairly obvious to everybody how the players are seeded. What Dory is applying I think is that the “random” drawing from the hat might not be that random at all considering that Djokovic and Federer now have been in the same half of the draw at the French and Wimbledon. I will bet you $100 that the same will happen again at the U.S. since the American “market” would like to see a Rafa-Federer final. I don’t think it matters for Nole anyway as he has proven that he is better than Rafa or Federer….

August 19th, 2011 at 10:35 pm