he was deported just one day before the Australian Open.Seven-time Major winner John McEnroe feels that Nadal’s phenomenal comeback is the greatest comeback in the last 38 years, since his loss against Ivan Lendl at the 1984 French Open.
Speaking with Eurosport, McEnroe said “I’m trying to think of greater comebacks. I remember when I was a ball boy, I believe way back in 1975, Manuel Orantes [in the US Open semi-finals].
“It certainly was one of the greatest comebacks, given the set of circumstances, that I’ve ever seen. Unfortunately, I was part of one where I was up two sets to love and lost that.
“It’s (Nadal’s win) more monumental than [Stefanos] Tsitsipas being up two sets to love [in last year’s French Open], even though that was a huge moment for Novak to be able to come back and win the French Open for the second time.
“Considering everything that had gone on as far as Rafael Nadal, not playing for almost six months, having the surgery, then getting Covid and then everything that was going on with Novak because they were slated to play in the semi-finals.
“To see him do that the way he did, I would like to say that was the greatest comeback – at least since the guy who beat me in the [1984] French Open (McEnroe Vs. Lendl, 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5).”
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