McEnroe believes Djokovic deserves more respect: "You may not like Novak as much as Nadal or Federer but he's a credit to our game"

Novak Djokovic sealed his latest Wimbledon crown last Sunday with his seventh overall and tennis legend, John McEnroe believes that he deserves more respect than what he gets despite peoples loyalties towards Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.

"He [Medvedev] didn't deserve that [being booed], nor did Djokovic deserve it at the French [Open]. When they played, they were booing him when he came out," McEnroe told GQ in an interview to promote the new documentary 'McEnroe'. 

"Djokovic, you may not like him as much as Nadal or Federer, but he's a credit to our game for god's sakes.

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"Medvedev, to me, hasn't recovered from that [Australian Open final] loss emotionally. Not just because he lost, but because of the crowd.

"I was different. I had the ability to have a crowd. I had the greatest round of applause in the match I lost at the French against [Ivan] Lendl. 90 per cent of the people were clapping for me, then somehow by the end, I had got them all clapping against me. That takes talent, to have a crowd that loves you, hate you by the end!"

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