Novak Djokovic challenges John McEnroe to a match! | US Open 2009

you've got a member in your box now and todd martin who played some dramatic matches here at the us open do you remember the match he played here where he won a five setter and went around and gave a high five to everyone in the crowd that's what you need to do drag it out a little bit win a five setter and give everybody a high five why why don't he come down and we play a little you wanna you wanna hit some balls break him down um no or maybe john john you want to come down yeah yeah i guess i guess he doesn't want to hit with me anymore you know he told me you gotta get at least to the quarterfinals or more so calm down please change it my pleasure [Applause] speaking of a dangerous match johnny mackin wrote you've gotten to see him play lately any weaknesses there you need to go after tonight you know is there something that can expose him talk to me about his form can the old guy still move around the court well i think the return is a key element in my game against john is going to try to he's going to he's going to try to play seven volley but i'm going to love him a lot so uh i guess he's going to run so we will uh we'll have a nice game just before he gets down here what about the imitation of john mcenroe can you pull that off come on we're not talking about a real player we're talking about john mcenroe you've got to have a go at it come on [Applause] cannot be serious oh it was wild no back this is what we love to see you know we walk around the locker room we see you smiling joking all the time and i think the new york crowd needs to see this side of your personality because you're a great guy you're a great athlete a great sports person a credit of serbia so well done well done on making it through to the quarterfinals but you're not going anywhere you know that so get your backside back on the baseline we're going to get john mcenroe out here at least hit a couple of balls with you [Music] [Applause] too much that is this this is great stuff john mcenroe down there after that uh the way that djokovic mimicked him was perfect it looked exactly like that left-handed john mcenroe serving with the right hand this is one of those moments that will be unforgettable watch this macchiato is trying to get he's giving a djokovic look at this bouncing the ball i love it keep going don't stop 20 at least i hope he gets one in great to see a double i i tell you what cliffy he looks a little disheveled out there i'm not sure what you did to him in the commentary box but his shirts hanging out hairs all over the place this is the way that oh my goodness that racquet looks about 200 years old [Applause] oh double fourth what is come on john let's get the ball in and have one good point that is like you know just by the way john mcintosh still plays a lot of tennis a lot of tennis he plays on the senior tour and he's as competitive as ever and uh mcenroe hits that valley clean winner how many times have i said that after all these years on the air and having watched him almost his entire career another macro volley winner you're gonna take a break we'll be back that's great stuff

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Id: xXv4YW8kfPg

Length: 6min 27sec (387 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 16 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/onthehop]

Anything to get McEnroe out of the broadcasters booth.

[u/awl_the_lawls]

That was fantastic! How did I miss this?

[u/Phreeeks]

Like it or not but Nole is brillant, making an entire court laugh that hard is quite insane

[u/IndianBoglehead]

Two tennis players who feel natural and not forced to be “too nice” for the public.

P. S : Pete Sampras doesn’t count. He is a freaking cyborg