withdrawing from the U.S. Open<\/a> change your overall view?<\/p>\nA: It\u2019s opportunity for the rest of the field. [Carlos] Alcaraz hasn\u2019t played a tournament since early in the spring, so to expect him to go all the way would be I think a bit of a stretch, although he\u2019s certainly capable of doing that. But if you\u2019re Ben Shelton, or Taylor Fritz, or Alexander Zverez or any of these other guys that are sort of second-tier guys, you got to be licking your chips right now that this could be [their] one chance.<\/p>\n
Q: Your updated prediction?<\/p>\n
A: I think I\u2019m going to go with Ben Shelton now. \u2026 He\u2019s had the best summer, winning Canada, he\u2019s got the most upside I\u2019ve been talking about of all the American men for a couple of years now. With Alcaraz being a little bit suspect, he could get upset, he could lose early, and I think Shelton has a decent game to match up with him. Clearly, if they played late in the tournament, that would mean that Alcaraz is feeling pretty good and would likely be the favorite if they do play, but I think if ever there were an opportunity for Big Ben to kind of put it all together, this would be the spot, this would be the place. He\u2019s going to have a very high seed, he probably will be seeded 4 or 5 or 6, so if he can stay away from Alcaraz in the quarterfinals, I just think it\u2019s a great opportunity, and I think he\u2019s going to revel in the New York crowd.<\/p>\n
Patrick McEnroe is pictured at Wimbledon in June 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Q: Andy Roddick was the last American to win the U.S. Open and Grand Slam singles title in 2003. So you\u2019re predicting the first American winner since Andy Roddick.<\/p>\n
A: That is absolutely correct. You heard it clearly right from my mouth (laugh). I\u2019m going with it.<\/p>\n
Q: Describe the state of men\u2019s tennis.<\/p>\n
A: Alcaraz is the most electrifying player in tennis. He moves the needle as an individual player more so than any other player since Rafa [Rafael Nadal] and Roger [Federer] retired. Sinner\u2019s obviously an unbelievable player, and those two have completely dominated the men\u2019s game for the last call it three years now. I knew Sinner and Alcaraz were going to be great, I didn\u2019t know they were going to be this great this quickly. \u2026 I like to see the best players in the biggest tournaments. The reality now after the utter domination from those two for the previous two calendar years where they pretty much won every major and played in almost every major final, there\u2019s only one major this year now where both of them played, and that was the first one of the year, Australian. There\u2019s been a lot of talk this summer about players getting injured and the tours having to do something about the schedule, so that will make that discussion even louder because these are two young players, two extremely fit players, athletic players, and both of them now missing significant time this year due to injury.<\/p>\n
Q: A quick scouting report: Alcaraz.<\/p>\n
A: Alcaraz is like the ultimate shotmaker. He\u2019s like the combination of the huge Hollywood star, the phenomenal athlete, the Broadway performer, he loves to put on a show. And he\u2019s taken the game stylistically to another level. He\u2019s hitting shots that we didn\u2019t even think were possible, and now he\u2019s kind of doing that with regularity, mostly because of his speed, his athleticism. his shotmaking ability \u2014 part of which probably is what\u2019s caused him to have this wrist problem because there\u2019s so much torque he puts on his shots, and he basically can hit a winner from anywhere on the court.<\/p>\n
Q: Shelton.<\/p>\n
A: Monster serve, big forehand, has improved the return game, which desperately needs to be better to have a chance to win one of these big ones. The other thing he\u2019s got \u2014 what I call moxie. He\u2019s got swagger, he loves the big stage, he wants to play against the biggest guys in the biggest moments, so that\u2019s something you can\u2019t teach. He\u2019s got all the intangibles. \u2026 If he can improve his tangibles, like the basic stuff, then he can win a major. But right now his intangibles slightly outweigh the tangibles.<\/p>\n
Ben Shelton of the United States returns a shot during a match against Jaime Faria of Portugal on day six of the Cincinnati Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in Mason, Ohio. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Q: Learner Tien.<\/p>\n
A: Unbelievable ball striker, incredible tennis IQ. All he\u2019s lacking is a little more physicality, because you got to be a physical specimen now to compete with these top guys in tennis. I was a really good tennis player, right? But I wasn\u2019t a great athlete. Nowadays you need the whole package to get to the very top of the game. Tien needs to get just a little bit stronger, get a little more pop on his shots and in his serve. I think he\u2019s got the kind of game that can win on any surface.<\/p>\n
Q: Taylor Fritz.<\/p>\n
A: I call him one of the great overachievers in tennis. He\u2019s meticulous when it comes to preparation, hard work. Everything he does, he\u2019s pushing the envelope. I\u2019m very impressed with what he\u2019s gotten out of his body and his game. He\u2019s a gritty tennis player, and he\u2019s just like a decent athlete playing in a sport where it\u2019s pretty damn tough to be just a decent athlete and win one of these big ones. But if anybody can do it, it\u2019s him. He\u2019s got technically one of the purest serves in tennis, and just very pure off the ground, off the forehand and the backhand.<\/p>\n
Taylor Fritz returns a shot against Ben Nakashima during the Cincinnati Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, on Friday, August 21, 2026. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
Q: Who is a sleeper pick to make a lot of noise?<\/p>\n
A: For people that are going to be reading your piece and don\u2019t really know tennis, I\u2019m going to say it\u2019s [Rafael] Jodar. I love his game, he\u2019s got an all-court game, he\u2019s Spanish, but he doesn\u2019t play really a traditional Spanish game, he\u2019s got an unreal two-handed backhand, really good serve, lanky. He can kind of beat you from any part of the court. The other guy is [Joao] Fonseca, the Brazilian who\u2019s been on the scene a little longer. Fonseca\u2019s a guy who\u2019s got massive firepower, but he just hasn\u2019t quite got control of the game yet.<\/p>\n
Q: Zverev.<\/p>\n
A: Monster serve, huge second serve, big guy, moves extremely well for his size. He can match those two guys with his ground game. Monster off both wings. And he\u2019s added the ability to go forward more. He had a tendency in big moments to just kind of stay back and be more of a counterpuncher. So now that he\u2019s willing to take the initiative in certain moments, that kind of helped him get over that hump. I think that win in Paris has given him a little more confidence.<\/p>\n
Alexander Zverev of Germany gestures after winning a point against Tommy Paul of the United States at the Cincinnati Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
Q: Describe the state of women\u2019s tennis.<\/p>\n
A: Women\u2019s tennis is more wide open than men\u2019s tennis. I think you\u2019ve seen [Aryna] Sabalenka, [Elena] Rybakina kind of distance themselves a little bit, [Iga] Swiatek\u2019s starting to play well again this summer, having won the Open before and multiple majors on clay. Coco Gauff\u2019s won two majors despite the fact that her serve and forehand can break down at times under pressure. Sabalenka\u2019s No. 1 in the world, and clearly the best hardcourt player and two-time defending champ of the Open, but she hasn\u2019t won a major this year. The pressure\u2019s on her to try and do that again. But you can make a case of [Mirra] Andreeva, the young Russian who won the French. She can be the next great player. Marta Kostyuk \u2014 I could probably give you double-digit number of women that could win the tournament.<\/p>\n
Q: A quick scouting report: Sabalenka.<\/p>\n
A: Massive firepower, one of the biggest hitters that we\u2019ve seen in women\u2019s tennis. She\u2019s added variety to her game, but she can still implode. She can still beat herself at times.<\/p>\n
Q: Jessica Pegula.<\/p>\n
A: I think she would be a sympathetic pick for a lot of people just based on the fact she\u2019s understated, she just does her thing. Pegula\u2019s a damn good competitor and she\u2019s a great ball striker. A lot of people think like she\u2019s due to finally win one. That would be a moment that a lot of insider tennis people would love to see because she\u2019s very well-liked and respected.<\/p>\n
Jessica Pegula returns a shot against Amanda Anisimova during the Cincinnati Open on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
Q: Swiatek.<\/p>\n
A: She looks like she\u2019s starting to play much smarter tennis. She was the kind of player that would just try to be aggressive, aggressive, and if that didn\u2019t work, she could hit her way into trouble. She hired one of Nadal\u2019s old coaches \u2014 Francisco Roig, who I know pretty well, who\u2019s smart as can be. I\u2019m picking her to win the tournament.<\/p>\n
Q: Gauff.<\/p>\n
A: Incredible athlete, no-holds-barred competitor. But the serve is still an issue. She competes like no one and she\u2019s got incredible speed, but the X factor is that serve. She\u2019s got the most technical issues of any of these players that we\u2019ve just talked about.<\/p>\n
Coco Gauff serves against Marie Bouzkova during the Cincinnati Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
Q: Rybakina.<\/p>\n
A: She\u2019s a big power hitter, biggest server in women\u2019s tennis. She\u2019s never really played well in New York, her personality is very quiet, very withdrawn. But her skills are off the charts, she hits the ball cleaner, bigger, maybe even bigger than Sabalenka off the ground and definitely has a bigger serve. You got to use the New York crowd, you got to get the crowd behind you, you got to get the crowd into it, they\u2019re starving for that in New York, and someone like that kind of turns them off a little bit because she doesn\u2019t give much to the crowd.<\/p>\n
Q: Sleeper pick?<\/p>\n
A: Iva Jovic, who\u2019s a young American from southern California. She hits the ball actually similarly to Pegula, like pretty flat. She\u2019s young, so she hits the ball I\u2019d say a little bit bigger. She\u2019s not that tall so she doesn\u2019t have a big serve, but man, she\u2019s feisty. She\u2019s a great ball striker. I\u2019m not sure she can win yet because I\u2019m not sure she has enough just pure firepower, but I think that she\u2019s going to win some majors. And I think she\u2019s someone that is going to be really energized by the New York crowd, she\u2019s got a lot of spunk to her game. The other American woman to watch for is [Amanda] Anisimova. She\u2019s been a little up and down this year because she had some injuries, but she\u2019s starting to play well.<\/p>\n
Q: What was the most electric U.S. Open crowd?<\/p>\n
A: [Pete] Sampras-[Alex] Corretja, the Sampras-[Andre] Agassi matchups were incredible. Federer beating Agassi in the final. Serena [Williams] had her moments, both and good and bad, right? Over the years, certainly some of the most memorable moments. Serena-[Jennifer] Capriati when those terrible calls went against Serena\u2019s way. That was like the onset of why we got electronic line calling. [Novak] Djokovic has had his moments where he was going for the Grand Slam and lost in straight sets to [Danill] Medvedev in 2022. That was the biggest ovation he\u2019s ever gotten \u2014 losing \u2014 in the U.S. Open Final.<\/p>\n
Q: What was the 2007 Davis Cup like, beating the Russians in Portland when you were captain?<\/p>\n
A: My brother [John] did it for a year and hated it because that wasn\u2019t his thing, he wanted to be playing. For me it was sort of a dream of mine to be the captain, so when I got the job at the end of 2000, to me it was like this is a job I want to keep as long as I can which I ended up doing for 10 years. \u2026 I focused my energy on the younger guys and building a team. To me, 2007 was like the culmination of five or six years. I relished that whole journey.<\/p>\n
Patrick McEnroe and his daughter, Victoria, are pictured after the United States defeated Russia in the 2007 Davis Cup. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Q: Winning the doubles at the 1989 French Open?<\/p>\n
A: I graduated from Stanford in \u201988, and I wasn\u2019t really sure, first of all, if I should try to play pro tennis. I was a good college player, but not a great player. My brother was No. 1 and so I had to deal with that, and my mom was like, \u201cOh, you sure you want to play tennis? You\u2019re not going to be as good as your brother.\u201d And I\u2019m like, \u201cMom, he\u2019s No. 1 in the world, no one\u2019s as good as him.\u201d Anyway, doubles was my way into the tour initially. I was basically a doubles specialist. But I realized midway through \u201990 that I wanted to attempt to become a legitimate singles player.<\/p>\n
Q: Your 1995 U. S. Open quarterfinals match against Boris Becker.<\/p>\n
A: I had a new coach that I\u2019d hired earlier that year, and his whole premise to me was, \u201cWe got to try and get you believing that you can beat these top players.\u201d So one of the things he actually did was he had me start practicing with all, like, top-10 players. I was playing about as well as I could play. And I looked up at the scoreboard, and I was down two sets to love. \u2026 So I\u2019m sitting there in the changeover, this is my dream, to play in the quarterfinals of the Open, all my friends are there, my family\u2019s there, I\u2019d been hoping to have this moment for myself for years. And I looked up and I said, \u201cYou know what, F\u2013k it, I\u2019m just going to go for it.\u201d So I just started playing kind of the way I\u2019d been practicing, and I won the third set. That was the most electric match I ever played. I do admit that I have the one regret which is, \u201cWhat if I started the match that way?\u201d<\/p>\n
Q: You were up two sets on Jimmy Connors in the first round at the \u201991 Open.<\/p>\n
A: I was up two sets and he was serving at \u2026 love-40, but who remembers the details, right?<\/p>\n
Q: How disappointing was that for you?<\/p>\n
A: It was brutal, absolutely brutal. I think it took me about six months to recover. I remember thinking to myself, \u201cI got Connors beat.\u201d He just got the crowd going. You talk about electrifying the crowd, what he did at that tournament was up there with one of the all-time runs in the U. S. Open history. That\u2019s about as loud as I\u2019ve ever heard it there.<\/p>\n
Q: Losing in a \u201991 Final to your brother in Chicago.<\/p>\n
A: It was actually the only time where I legitimately had a chance to beat him, because he was kind of at the end of his career, and I was like in the prime of my career. \u2026 I didn\u2019t have that thing that I really wanted to beat my brother. I looked up to my brother, he\u2019s seven years older than me. The last thing he wanted to do was lose to his brother, like he would never have been able to deal with it. He ended up beating me 6-4 in the third set. That actually ended up being the last tournament he ever won in singles.<\/p>\n
Q: How would you compare him as a doubles partner and broadcast partner?<\/p>\n
A: A lot of people assume just because of his personality that he was like a rough doubles partner to have. He\u2019s one of the best doubles partner that I ever had. He was nothing but supportive to me. Our dad wanted us to play together, and we should have been a great team, and we kind of felt like a weird pressure.<\/p>\n
Tennis players John McEnroe, with his brother Patrick in the back, play in the honorary first match at the official opening ceremony of the new USTA Louis Armstrong Stadium at the US Open in Queens, NY, on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. Brigitte Stelzer<\/p>\n
Q: You guys won the Paris Masters in \u201992.<\/p>\n
A: We were out partying that night, and John said, \u201cThat\u2019s it, we\u2019re not playing together again, we\u2019re going out on top.\u201d And in the broadcast booth, John\u2019s been able to be the star in all of those situations but still be a team player. One of my dreams was to work with my brother. I feel like we play off each other really well, and I think over the years, his respect level for my work ethic and for what I\u2019ve done has gone up and up and up so that we have an unbelievable working relationship on TV.<\/p>\n
Q: Your singles championship in Sydney in 1995.<\/p>\n
A: I tell that story to people at our Tennis Academy here in New York City, the parents, I said, \u201cI was a pretty good pro player [ranked 28th], I had a pretty good career, and I got to the semis of the Australian, went to quarters of the Open.\u201d I said, \u201cOnly one time in my career did I walk away from the tournament not having lost.\u201d I never won another title. But at least I got one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Q: You\u2019ve been with ESPN since 1995. When did you know you wanted to go into broadcasting?<\/p>\n
A: I was pretty shy as a kid to be honest, and then because of being John\u2019s brother and John bursting onto the scene as a teenager \u2014 about 10, 11 years old \u2014 I\u2019m going around playing junior tournaments and everybody wants to interview me because I\u2019m John\u2019s brother. So I sort of like developed a comfort level with talking to reporters, being on TV, and then when the opportunity came when I had shoulder injury after I had my best year in \u201995, ESPN was looking for somebody new to join Fred Stolle and Cliff Drysdale, Mary Carillo had been part of that team as well. And right away I just loved it.<\/p>\n
Patrick McEnroe at the Masters Cup on Friday, November 2003. 2003 Bob Straus<\/p>\n
Q: You can build the perfect tennis player, and take one trait from: Bjorn Borg.<\/p>\n
A: Speed.<\/p>\n
Q: Nadal.<\/p>\n
A: Intensity.<\/p>\n
Q: Federer.<\/p>\n
A: Forehand.<\/p>\n
Q: Connors.<\/p>\n
A: Backhand.<\/p>\n
Q: Sampras.<\/p>\n
A: Serve.<\/p>\n
Q: Djokovic.<\/p>\n
A: Intangibles.<\/p>\n
Q: Agassi.<\/p>\n
A: Power.<\/p>\n
Q: John McEnroe.<\/p>\n
A: Touch.<\/p>\n
Q: Patrick McEnroe.<\/p>\n
A: Nothing (laugh).<\/p>\n
Q: Serena.<\/p>\n
A: Serve.<\/p>\n
Q: Martina Navratilova.<\/p>\n
A: Volleys.<\/p>\n
Q: Chris Evert.<\/p>\n
A: Unflappable.<\/p>\n
Q: Steffi Graf.<\/p>\n
A: Forehand.<\/p>\n
Q: Maria Sharapova.<\/p>\n
A: Competitiveness.<\/p>\n
Q: Martina Hingis.<\/p>\n
A: Zeal.<\/p>\n
Q: Monica Seles.<\/p>\n
A: Ball striking. On both wings.<\/p>\n
Q: You\u2019ve been president of the International Tennis Hall of Fame more than three years now.<\/p>\n
A: I\u2019m a sucker for history and for stories, and the Hall of Fame encompasses all that in addition to celebrating the champions \u2026 the impact of players like Althea Gibson, Billie Jean King, Arthur Ashe had not only on tennis, but on society. This is all leading to our induction this coming week, where Mary Carillo and that other guy named Roger will go into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n
Q: You were general manager of USTA player development.<\/p>\n
A: I was working basically 24\/7 doing that job to try to rebuild our pipeline in American tennis, which I believe actually we did a pretty damn good job. That was a very political job, it was a job where you\u2019re in the line of fire, every year at the Open, the Americans don\u2019t do well \u2014 \u201cPatrick, what\u2019d you get wrong this time? What\u2019d you F-up this time?\u201d That was something that was very stressful, but it was also something that I put a lot of passion into, and I had a great team of people that I\u2019ve put in place around me to really try to make a difference. And I think we did.<\/p>\n
Q: Douglaston, Queens.<\/p>\n
A: My junior high school basketball coach said to me \u2014 I went to Buckley Country Day School in Roslyn [L.I.] \u2014 he said, \u201cThere\u2019s something about the water there,\u201d because we were around the water there. And Mary Carillo and her family were from there, the McEnroes were from there, and we just kind of fell into getting in tennis at the local club, the Douglaston Club.<\/p>\n
Q: Describe your brother Mark.<\/p>\n
A: I call him \u201cMan in the Middle.\u201d \u2026 I started beating Mark when I was like 8 or 9. He\u2019s like, \u201cScrew this.\u201d He became a lawyer, like my dad. He\u2019s taken over a lot of the stuff that my dad used to do for me and John career-wise. When John and I butted heads at different times, he\u2019s always right in the middle, that\u2019s why I call him the Man in the Middle, he mediates for us.<\/p>\n
Q: What did you and John butt heads about?<\/p>\n
A: We used to butt heads back in the day because he used to say to me: \u201cYou never take my advice,\u201d like when I was coming out of college. My mom, as I said to you earlier, was like, \u201cAre you sure you want to do this? Maybe you should go to law school, like your dad and your brother Mark.\u201d And John was like, \u201cMom, stay out of it. Patrick\u2019s good enough, he can make it. Let him do it.\u201d And then over the years he would give me advice about something and he always thought, which wasn\u2019t entirely true, \u201cYou always do the opposite of what I tell you to do.\u201d And there was a competitiveness too, he\u2019d get super pissed when I beat him in doubles. I learned from him also like a different level of intensity when I played doubles with him \u2026 like, \u201cLet\u2019s destroy these guys, let\u2019s kill these guys.\u201d I didn\u2019t quite have that killer instinct in the way that he did. He just had that little something extra that he brought to the table, and I think he\u2019s brought that to his career in broadcasting in the same way, he just has like that edge to him that keeps people sort of on their toes around him and keeps him super sharp.<\/p>\n
ESPN commentators John McEnroe and Patrick McEnroe call the Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada versus Jannik Sinner of Italy match during the US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queen, New York, on Friday, September 5, 2025. (Jason Szenes) JASON SZENES\/ NY POST<\/p>\n
Q: What was it like for you watching John\u2019s on-court outbursts as a player?<\/p>\n
A: I remember we\u2019d have like family dinners when we\u2019d come back. My dad was a pretty intense \u2014 so was my mom, my mom was sort of the hardass of the family. My dad would be like, \u201cJohn, why do you do this? You don\u2019t need to do this.\u201d And he\u2019d be like, \u201cDad, I don\u2019t really ***** want ***** to do it.\u201d And inevitably my dad would start yelling. And John was like: \u201cWell, maybe this is why!\u201d<\/p>\n
Q: Your \u201cMac Daddy Show\u201d \u2014 which will drop new episodes on YouTube on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays \u2014 debuts Wednesday.<\/p>\n
A: I\u2019m a little more, I would say, of a seasoned broadcaster at this point than \u201cBig Daddy\u201d [Rich Salgado] is, but that makes it a little bit different. I can sort of take the lead on most of the interviews, and when it comes to guys like [Michael] Strahan and Mike Eruzione and Bernard Hopkins, Big Daddy has a relationship that goes back years and years, so I think that brings a comfort level that we seem to be getting from the guests that you normally don\u2019t get. I\u2019ve always wanted to do a show like this.<\/p>\n
Patrick McEnroe is pictured at the 2022 U.S. Open. GC Images<\/p>\n
Q: Strahan is your debut guest.<\/p>\n
A: We went to his man cave in Jersey where he\u2019s got all his cars and his unbelievable setup to watch football with his buddies and a big bar and a pool table and all that stuff. It was super fun.<\/p>\n
Q: Three dinner guests?<\/p>\n
A: [Nelson] Mandela, George Washington, Margaret Thatcher. \u2026 I\u2019m still bummed that we haven\u2019t had a female president.<\/p>\n
Q: Favorite movies?<\/p>\n
A: \u201cShawshank Redemption,\u201d \u201cCaddyshack,\u201d \u201cThe Sting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Q: Favorite actor?<\/p>\n
A: Matt Damon.<\/p>\n
Q: Favorite actress?<\/p>\n
A: Meryl Streep.<\/p>\n
Q: Favorite entertainer?<\/p>\n
A: My wife [Melissa Errico].<\/p>\n
Q: Favorite meal?<\/p>\n
A: Tomato, mozzarella, prosciutto start, and then I\u2019d go like an unbelievable rigatoni light vodka sauce with parmesan cheese.<\/p>\n
Q: What do you hope your tennis legacy will be?<\/p>\n
A: I love people and I love being around tennis, so I hope people will just say, \u201cPatrick loves tennis and spread the gospel and was someone that was great to work with or work for.\u201d I try to surround myself with people that either like to work with me or I like to work for them. Hopefully will just say lived a great life and gave back to the sport, which gave me pretty much my entire career.<\/p>\n
Q: What is unique about the New York tennis crowd?<\/p>\n
A: It\u2019s interesting because it\u2019s changed a bit over the years as the tournament has grown in stature, and it\u2019s become like the who\u2019s-who thing with the corporate crowd, the celebrity crowd, and now I guess it\u2019s all about the influencer crowd, whatever that is. But here\u2019s the thing: There\u2019s still the ultra-savvy New Yorker crowd that knows tennis \u2026 that loves tennis. So they get it.<\/p>\n
But as the tournament has grown sort of in stature, it\u2019s also kind of taken on this entertainment aspect of it, right? To me it\u2019s like an amazing combination, because there\u2019s still those diehard fans \u2014 there\u2019s not as many of \u2019em maybe that can afford to pay \u2026 who can afford to go to a Knick game now? But you still have those blue seats fans. It\u2019s almost more like Ranger fans that sit in the blue seats over the years. Like no matter what, they\u2019re like hardcore hockey fans. And tennis has that, and New York has that. But now it\u2019s got more of this, hey, look who\u2019s on the big screen, and hey, let\u2019s play the music. So it\u2019s like a scene as well. \u2026 But it\u2019s got this very unique mix of sort of celebrity, money, and then a hardcore tennis fan, like, \u201cI just want to go to the Open, I\u2019m going on Day 2, and I\u2019m going to every freaking court because I want to see that kid from Uzbekistan play the kid from Croatia.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN tennis analyst and former player Patrick McEnroe takes a swing at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[96141,60397,99,362,428,14687],"class_list":["post-822469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-patrick-mcenroe","tag-serbys-qa","tag-sports","tag-sports-columnists","tag-tennis","tag-us-open-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}