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7/23/10 6:23 PM | Johan Lindahl
John McEnroe just can't keep a thought to himself, with the mega-mouth of the tennis world joining the Rafael Nadal bandwagon and tipping the world No. 1 for more future success.
Mac, not known for taking a chance with his predictions, says the Spaniard will claim another six or seven additional Grand Slam titles to add to his current total of eight.
With an opinion never far from his lips, the 51-year-old former ace claims Nadal has taken over from Federer in the current game, all but writing off the 16-time Swiss Grand Slam champion, whose twin girls turned one year old this week with a birthday party at home south of Zurich.
"Roger is not going to dominate the way he did, he knows it," said Mac after picking up some small appearance fee change at an American summer league event. "He (Federer) loves to play still. I think he'll win a couple more majors."
But, warned the talkative American: "The upside for Nadal is greater. He could win six, seven more. I think Federer could win one, two more."
"That's my opinion. Maybe he'll prove me wrong. He's already got 16, so it's not like he hasn't broken every record already. Maybe give someone else a chance."
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Nadal to reach Pete's 14 (ie 6 more)? Or 15?
(Surely not a coincidence that Mac chose precisely 6 and 7, no?)
Not impossible, but while Nadal will surely still improve the competition will be stronger especially when Rafa nears the age of 27.
Bottom line for me is, the main factor in how many more he will yet win will be ... as always ... the health of his knees.
chlorostoma , 7/23/10 9:20 PM