McEnroe: Men's tennis game more interesting than women's

11-19-2008 | AFP

Tennis great believes men players are greater crowd pleasers than women

Panama Star KUALA LUMPUR. Tennis great John McEnroe says the men's game has eclipsed the women's over the past five years.

The American, in Kuala Lumpur to play an exhibition Tuesday with his old rival Bjorn Borg, Roger Federer and James Blake, pointed to Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic as crowd-pleasers.

But he had few examples to give on the women's side.

"Personally, I think over the last five years the men's game has totally eclipsed the women's game as far as personalities go. A lot of women have retired. Obviously the Williams sisters, when they are motivated, they are probably the two best players in the world and create interest. But there's more personality among the men.”