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She lost 6-1 to a man ranked 203rd who was half drunk after a round of golf.

Serena = Men are better Everybody= Claps Johnny= Men are better Everyone= How can u say that 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Kudos to Serena for being honest. Graceful lady, and John McEnroe was and IS right.

We live in a time when so many people just cannot handle the truth. They would rather live a lie because it "feels" good.

Joh McEnroe committed the ultimate crime “ speaking the truth” instead of what people want to hear”

The further a society drifts from truth ,the more it will hate those who speaks it - George Orwell

In fact, he was being very generous with a 700th place!

I love when they asked him what he thought he’d be ranked. He answered around 1200. They weren’t ready for that kind of honesty

I seem to recall someone demanding an apology from McEnroe. He said: "No." Perfect response!!

"somewhere in the 100-200 range" she lost against a guy ranked 200 at the END of his career who first went golfing and drank two beers

Serena just earned my respect even though I don’t follow tennis anymore. She knows what she’s talking about

She lost to the rank 202 male player after he'd just finished a round of golf and had a couple of pints of lager. He even said he played like the rank 600/700 would play to keep it interesting to watch. The Williams sisters then went on to challenge only male players rank 350 or lower, after thier original claim to beat anyone below rank 200 failed miserably. They are yet to accept any challenges from males rank 350 or lower because they know they will lose.

John has never held his tongue and thank God for that!

700 is pretty good. Flo-Jo is still the fastest women and holds the track and field record. Her time is 7090 (tied) compared to men's times. So the fastest woman ever is tied with the 7090th fastest man.

how refreshing to hear an opinion, a well informed opinion that is made honestly and not done in an effort to pander to the snowflakes. it is what it is.

Never apologize for telling the truth. We need the truth front and center.

I like how John McEnroe, who was ranked #1 in the world for a considerable time, and so probably knows a little bit about tennis rankings, gives his honest opinion based on his expertise as the literal former greatest player in the world, everyone jumps on him. Like they have any expertise whatsoever compared to him.

I disagree with McEnroe. I think Serena's ranking would be much lower than 700 if she played on the men's tour.

“If he had time to think about it, the real answer would be somewhere in the 100-200 rank range” WRONG!!! He was the greatest to play the game! He doesn’t need time to think about it like you do. That is where YOU would rank her.

Now days anything that makes sense will be under attack.

Activist: "You can't talk about Serena like that! reeeeeeeeeeeee" Serena: "He's right though"

McEnroe even stated that if he himself tried to play against the players now he would rank around 1500th...

Fact: In the 1998 Australian Open, Serena Williams claimed that she could beat a professional male tennis player with a ranking lower than 200. She ended up playing one set against Mr. Karsten Braasch, who was ranked/seeded 203 at the time. Serena Williams lost the set against Karsten Braasch 6-1.

He told the truth and refused to apologize for telling the truth. Much respect

Women: “Serena can be just as good as the top male players in the world!” Serena: “oh FUCK nah I’m staying in the woman’s league.”

Many of my friends and I played tennis in our teens. Every time there was a close call on the line (we were almost always on hardcourt, never grass, and rarely clay), we would always launch into a McEnroe tirade: "What are you nuts ref. There was chalk everywhere. EVERYWHERE!" It was an homage to our favorite player at the time, though we also held Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors in high esteem from the earlier era. But no one had the "fight" like McEnroe

This is insane, JM didn't say anything wrong.

the team that won the women's soccer World Cup where beaten by 14 year old boys

McEnroe’s great line was “why doesn’t men and women play each other for titles.” McEnroe is right! There is a big difference between men and women!

Lets remember two things: 1) Billy Jean in 1973 was 29 years old. Bobby Riggs was 55 years old. Bobby Riggs in his prime was the #1 player in 1939. Age makes a big difference. 2) Serena herself admits that playing a top male player would be no contest. She gets it. But in our "woke" world, admitting anything to the contrary of wokeness gets you a target on your back.

The compare from 1973 King vs. briggs is insane. She was on her prime time and his prime was 30 years ago when they played against eachother. She was 29 and he was 55.

I find it insane that he has to justify his comments- EVERYONE knows he´s right, and yet we find it necessary to play this charade. Truly remarkable how fucked this world has become.

We aren't living in a sensitive time. We are living in an INSANE time with really CRAZY, contentious people.

I don't understand why everyone shy away from saying 'Men are physically stronger than Women', We cant live in foolish world thinking that both are equal in everything, they simply aren't..Its not hatred, its the truth..its simply because of harmones, post adolescence man's body releases high levels of testosterone, which improves the muscle strength of men and so more physical power.

I think he could have easily refuted the conversation instead of this 700th thing by simply saying she isn't the best player in the world, Roger Federer, or Nadal or whoever the men's champion is.. Then it would have been on the NPR clown to dispute it.

I respect Serena for admitting the truth in her interview

Bruh saying number 700th is already being respectful toward her

So glad you included the mixed doubles. What is missing is the audio, but she says it to Letterman … the men are faster.

John McEnroe who was the best tennis player in the world during the eighties was always known to be a very honest person. He is also very smart and I have a deep respect for his analysis and his view on the tennis world.

Why be politically correct when you can be right. Good job John McEnroe.

Johnny Mac was right. The number 1 "woman" lost to a man ranked 203.

If women were as good as men at sport there would not be womens and mens sport there would just be sport.

I'm watching this video in 2022.........The worlds completely mad now!!

How can you say she'd be 100-200? She literally played against #203 and got skunked. 700 seems like a totally reasonable estimate.

I'm glad he didn't switch up and stuck to his statement.

Don’t back down!

This Charlie Rose is a piece of work.

When she asked him "why only the best female player?" there should only have been one answer from John . . . "C'mon, you cannot be serious!"

"She'd be ranked 100-200" Didn't she lose against a drunk guy outside of the top 200?

2:48 100-200 rank? No way. The male rankings go from 1 to 2,000. She would not be ranked at all.

Let’s break this down more simply. When I have an argument with my wife, there usually is no benefit to being right and hammering that home. Sometimes even though you’re right, you need to keep that information to yourself, or suffer the consequences. In the case of the wife it may be sleeping on the couch. In the case of John McEnroe it may be public backlash. Think about it, playing tennis is a Socratic posture. You are advancing as well as defending, and we all know John McEnroe loves a good volley, even if it’s defending his statements.

When she agrees with him, and people are still upset that’s the beginning of virtue signaling.

Thank you, John McEnroe, for TELLING THE TRUTH, and for NOT BACKING DOWN. All respect, Sir!

To be clear, it’s not a different game. It’s the same game only elevated by higher strength agility and speed. Hence fewer sets for women’s matches and a shorter rally count per point.

I am a top 25 tennis player at a humble recreational club of 300 players. I have played and beaten our number 1 woman as a top 25 man twice.

In Australia Williams sisters said they could beat any man outside the top 200. A local pro, ranked 203, took them up on the challenge. After playing a round of golf in the morning and a couple beers, he beat each of the Williams sisters 6-1, 6-1. Granted they both improved after that, but John was certainly correct that she was the best "female" tennis player ever.

Chris Evert when she was in her prime said about beating male players, "I can't even beat my brother and he's not ranked in the top 1000." McEnroe was being generous and Serena thought the idea of beating the top men was a complete joke. So, not a controversy as much as the networks have 24 hours to fill up every day, so they scrounge around for stories.

100th to 200th? my guy, she's not beating the boy's highschool team.

Chris Evert had just won the U.S. Open. She was number one in the world. She played a practice round with her younger brother Jon was a member of the University 😮of Georgia tennis team Jon beat her, 6-0 6-0!

Was it ever John McEnroe VS Serena? He and she pretty much agreed.

100-200 rank range is pretty outrageous. Do we not remember when that dude spent all day drinking and playing golf and still mopped the floor with the williams sister. And he was below rank 200.

John's balls are still intact. He's still spitting facts and being real.

People have to call things the way they are and NEVER apologize for hurting someone's "feelings". Sticks and Stones... Bravo McEmroe

The best WNBA player of all time would literally lose to 15 year old boys in a 1v1

From the 300+ languages in the world, he decides to speak the truth. That gentleman got my respect for life

MPR News needs to be held accountable for the set up on Macenroe... NO ONE SHOULD TALK TO ANY REPORTER FROM THAT NEWS FEED.

1:19 Anyone explain to that guy that "not being able to beat the 700th ranked player" and "be ranked 700" is far from the same! If you cannot beat the 700th ranked player at all you'll probably be ranked 1500 or worse. I hate when reporters do this.

The simple fact that there is a men's and women's division in just about every sport is all the evidence you need.

Tbh him saying she would be top 1000 in the world In men's is kind of a compliment.

Some people cant handle the truth.

Facts don't care about feelings 😁👍

He is absolutely right, and anyone thinking otherwise never heard the NPR interview. I did.

It highlights the disconnect between radio and tv personalities and athletes. Athletes know of what they speak certainly more than someone behind a desk!

In most team or individual sports women would easily loose to men, whether it is tennis, basketball, football (soccer) etc. I´m certain that if the US Women Soccer Team played against Argentina (both reining world champions) they would get embarrassed. It´s a fact, no one is downplaying women´s sports, it´s just ridiculous to expect women to be able to compete with men.

"Okay, you happy now?" "Yes, I'm happy." See? It's all about the _feelings_ with these people.

More realistically 900-1200.

Last year, some kids won the Little League World Series. They're obviously top 100 baseball players in the world!

We live in such an “equality” based society that we’ve abandoned common sense and even reality.

Does everyone have to explain everything he believes. I am glad he stood his ground and didn’t apologize for saying a fact.

You said she will be ranked between 100 and 200? Thats unfortunately not true. It will be hard to win against well trained top 1.000 for serena or any ranked #1 in wta. And its not just about height, its more about agility, endurance and strength.

I'm a cricket fan and the interesting thing about cricket is that men and women can compete against each other in every aspect of the game except fast bowling. Everything else - batting, medium-pace bowling, spin bowling, fielding, wicketkeeping - they can compete with each other.

Mac and Serena were both right- both players, and not “cancel culture” robots...

I don't think Serena could beat the NCAA Men's Champion much less the one of the top 700 on the ATP...

There is always someone or that women on that show that had to ask John why do you say women and not the greatest player. John is absolutely right because mens sport in anything is so much harder and more hardcore than women's sport. Just look at Rugby, Soccer, AFL if you're in Australia, it doesn't come close to what men are able to do compared to women.

I know this is off topic but does anyone else hear the SPACE TRIP vaporwave playlist in the background or am I going crazy? 🤔

I'm glad he didn't back down. And I give Williams credit to point out the fact there's a difference to the capabilities in their respective divisions.

the start of the problem was actually the interviewer's assumption that Serena, because she is a woman, is automatically equal to a man on a tennis court and that there are no performance differences between the two sexes! that is just ignorant and indicates the NPR interviewer knows little, or nothing, about tennis. oh, and then she is willing to arrogantly argue with JOHN MCENROE, one of the greatest to ever play the sport and who follows it daily, about the subject? i think all this happened as the interviewer's ignorance/arrogance may have led her to question McEnroe's inclusion of 'female' in his statement, thinking that he was somehow being sexist. in actuality, though, she may be the one demeaning feminism by turning people off via her needlessly militant stance. of course there are differences between men and women, although one sex should certainly NOT be seen in the aggregate as superior to another! so, yeah, the interviewer was actually the problem and then ignorance/bullying of McEnroe by society actually amplified that stupidity, helped, no doubt, by McEnroe's reputation (pretty much left behind now) for being insensitive. come to think of it, maybe the interviewer should learn a little about tennis before debating one of the greatest players ever regarding his conclusions on the subject? is that asking too much? is that at all unreasonable, i wonder? or, if she doesn't want to do that, at least she can have the decency to apologize for her imputation that McEnroe was being sexist, as well as the arrogant presumption that she knows more than John McEnroe does about tennis? i don't want to go overboard here... there is nothing wrong with asking a question, of course. some, though, are certainly more pointed than others! i'm guessing there was an ignorant agenda there... if not, she has nothing to apologize for. there may be a way to tell, though. how did she act afterwards towards McEnroe when this all blew up, i wonder? did she demonstrate integrity by recognizing McEnroe's honesty, his long history of respect towards Serena's game and other facts that would help people not jump to the wrong conclusion about what he said? maybe. i see no mention of that in this piece, though. and that doesn't surprise me as people, in general (no matter their sex), don't often display such integrity. maybe we, the general public, will never know what her part in all this really was, then. she could be innocent and just intellectually, as well as morally, sloppy like so many of us are on so many occasions... it, at the end of the day, isn't a very big deal, though - not for McEnroe who certainly is going along his merry way, nor (apparently) for Serena. the game of tennis is probably totally unharmed by it, too. however, it should be said that unreasoning militant sexism, if that is what started this fiasco and fueled it, actually probably harms the feminist cause more than anything. it is a form of bullying and bullies don't typically make many friends, even of fair-minded people who otherwise could be potential allies... so, come on, people! we need to be better than this, don't we? advocate for equality but do it in the right way. treat other people well, especially when they are not trying to cause you a problem,. that is just common sense...

100 to 200 range. No his guess at 700 is way more accurate :)

Can Serena please tell Gail cause shes in la la land with her opinion on men vs women

"Living in a sensitive time"? We're living in a time of delusional, irrational twisted feelings. No rational thought on most so called "offenses".

We're entering a new Dark Age wherein truth and reason is being traded for feelings and identity politics.

*Women’s World Record* 100m dash = FloJo = *10.49s* *Last place* (9th) high school boys Texas state UIL 100m dash 2021 = *10.39s* (1st was 9.998) So the best female sprinter of all time on her absolute best day would be well out of the top 700 male sprinters in the world.

Look at Deedsy hanging out with McEnroe!

Snowflakes everywhere. Even when it’s summer.

She lost to the 204th ranked male, and she was destroyed by him, so we know she's not in the top 200. She said she meant she could beat any male outside 350, but I think she couldn't beat any of the top 500 men!!

Women want total equality as long as they get to say what is equal. As told to me by a devoted female supporter of equality: “I support equality 100%, just as long as it serves my purpose. When that check comes to the table, I don’t want to pay it”

Only in horse racing can a girl be the best horse in a race against the boys!!! And that’s amazing in itself!!!!

John wasn't lying at all. The question was greatest of "all time." I'm sure there are far more than 700 men that have taken the court that would beat Serina.

John McEnroe and Serena Williams respect each other. They were both just stating what is a fact. But the media likes to turn everything into a controversy (racial, sexist, etc.).