Roger Federer’s former coach, Ivan Ljubicic, has hit back at John McEnroe for ‘nonsense’ comments made before Wimbledon.
McEnroe recently claimed that both Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz would beat a prime Rafael Nadal, who won 22 Grand Slam titles during his career.
Sinner’s major total now sits at four following his outstanding win over Alcaraz on Sunday.
As for Alcaraz, the 22-year-old has five Grand Slams to his name – with the Australian Open the only one missing from his collection.
Speaking recently, McEnroe suggested that both players would be too strong for Nadal – even when the Spaniard was operating at the peak of his powers.
“You took a look at them bringing their A-game right now – I’m saying Sinner and Alcaraz against Nadal on clay – you would make a serious argument with both guys that they would be favoured to beat Nadal, at his best,” he said.
Do I think they’re going to reach, 20, 24 titles either one of them? No.
“Because I think that plateau is so hard it’s almost impossible; there’s more depth in the game, bigger hitters, and more things happen.”
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Ljubicic disagrees, however. Per Tennisuptodate, he said: “People always exaggerate.
John McEnroe said Nadal wouldn’t have stood a chance against these guys. That’s nonsense.
“We haven’t even seen the best of Alcaraz and Sinner yet. They still have a lot of room to improve. The next generation is always better than the previous one.
