Almost 50 years after tennis’s Battle of the Sexes, we’re still doing this apparently.
Retired tennis star John McEnroe said if Serena Williams played on the men's circuit, she'd be ranked "like 700 in the world."
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In the interview, McEnroe said Williams was without a doubt the best women's tennis player in the world.
"Why say female player?" NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro asked.
"Well because if she was in, if she played the men's circuit she'd be like 700 in the world," McEnroe said.
"You think so?" Garcia-Navarro asked.
"Yeah. That doesn't mean I don't think Serena is an incredible player. I do, but the reality of what would happen would be I think something that perhaps it'd be a little higher, perhaps it'd be a little lower. And on a given day, Serena could beat some players. I believe because she's so incredibly strong mentally that she could overcome some situations where players would choke 'cause she's been in it so many times, so many situations at Wimbledon, The U.S. Open, etc. But if she had to just play the circuit — the men's circuit — that would be an entirely different story."
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