John McEnroe pressured to overlook US Open after testing optimistic for Covid

“So I had to be more careful playing him because everything I did was magnified that much more because he never said anything or virtually even changed his expression. So it was tricky to figure out how to navigate that. But at the end of the day, it actually probably helped me because once I got to the 1980 Wimbledon final, I felt like I could just go out and play tennis, and the other stuff was put aside.

“I simply went on the market, and it was, mano a mano, and we might see who was going to return out on prime. And paradoxically, though I misplaced, it’s a match that individuals come as much as me 100X greater than some other match I’ve ever performed.

“So I’m proud that I used to be a part of that. I realized lots from that. And it was an unbelievable expertise to play in that individual match.”