McEnroe gives scathing review of Medvedev's Australian Open final display: "He choked in the third set"

John McEnroe gave his analysis after the Australian Open final which saw Daniil Medvedev relinquish a two sets lead to lose to Rafael Nadal.

McEnroe speaking afterwards believed that Medvedev choked and let Nadal back into the game as a result.

Read also

"It makes it more interesting" says McEnroe on Medvedev's rant to umpire

“The turning point of the match was 2-3, it was two sets to love,” said Eurosport expert and seven-time major champion McEnroe.

“It felt like Rafa felt deflated. I don't want to say he was resigned because obviously he's never resigned, he proved that, but it looked like he sort of expected that this was about to happen and losing in straight sets.

“I think Medvedev played a couple, I don't want to say careless, but maybe loose points. He got a little tentative because he could taste the finish line.

“And then all of a sudden it allowed the crowd back into the match because obviously the crowd was a big factor, I think.

“Then he started to show his edginess and started showing he was frustrated with the crowd and that made it worse for him. And that was the turning point right there.”

“As soon as that slight momentum shift, then he started to get tight. And basically to me he choked in the third set at that point. To me, he should have been up 4-2 in the third set.

“But once he let Rafa back in that allowed the crowd to get back in, and that was one of the most amazing efforts I've ever seen.”