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12/4/11 10:08 PM | Johan Lindahl
John McEnroe just can't help himself - when an opinion is called for, he's all over it.
Therefore, it's no surprise that the former ace of three decades ago has offered his thoughts on the current state of world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, whose season swung from perfect to pedestrian after a run of injuries stopped his progress cold after winning the US Open.
The formerly fragile Serb, noted in the past for his four Grand Slam injury and illness retirements, played like a superman as he won 10 titles in 2011 - but did little due to injury from mid-September until exiting in the group stage of last week's season-ending final in London.
Mac has his concerns about how Djokovic will perform in just a few weeks when he begins 2012 at the rich Abu Dhabi exhibition.
"Djokovic is the favorite for the Australian Open but if he retired at two sets to one down in the quarterfinals because he couldn't breathe that also wouldn't shock me," said McEnroe of the Melbourne defending champ.
"It looked like he had conquered that sort of thing but going down the stretch in the last few months of this year maybe he wasn't digging as deep as he could. Perhaps he was already thinking about next year."
Mac is keeping his tennis eye in on the senior tour, which he wedges in between well-paid television commentary jobs that keep him almost as busy as he was during his playing career, when he set a record of 82-3 in a magical 1984 season.
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Lol... Nice twtistng of words...
Basicaly title shoud be:" Mac is picking Djokovic for favorite in AO"
zare , 12/6/11 8:30 PM