What can Nishikori do different against Roger Federer? McEnroe answers
John McEnroe was asked what Kei Nishikori can do differently in order to prevail over Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic and finally win his maiden Grand Slam title. The American said: "I’m not sure there’s a whole lot he can do. It’s hard for him to dictate against those guys. They dictate to him. He has to react. Hard to do that. He tries to be proactive, use his speed to his advantage. He tried to do it against Federer, Federer took it up another notch. You have players that have more to offer. They’re all-time greats for a reason. They have options and they use them when they need to. I think Kei has worked hard on his serve, he’s become a better volleyer, he occasionally — probably serves and volleys more than people would expect for a guy that doesn’t have a big serve compared to a lot of the others. He’s absolutely, in my book, tried everything he could to hang with these guys. I think he should be very proud of that."
On America featuring only four players on the top 50 rankings, McEnroe said: "As far as the men go, I think one of the things, factors, there’s a number of them, but having tennis in the Olympics as an example. Federations putting more money into the sport of tennis in Europe in particular. Countries that didn’t have much of a history of tennis in the past have been able to use to their advantage. Others that have had a history, the Czech Republic, Russia, more countries that have put an emphasis on tennis. You’ve seen some of their top athletes play the sport. In America, over the course of the last 40 years, unfortunately I don’t think our sport has grown."
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