Millman calls McEnroe's lack of commentary knowhow 'beyond ridiculous' after Jarry comment: "We don’t know Jarry but we’ll get to know him"

Sunday, 09 July 2023 at 21:02

Australian tennis player John Millman has criticised former world number one America’s John McEnroe for his comments regarding Chile’s Nicolas Jarry.

The 27-year-old lost to world number one Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the third round of Wimbledon 2023 after a hard-fought contest.

McEnroe, while commentating during the match, said that: “We don’t know Jarry but we’ll get to know him."

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In response to that, Millman criticised the 64-year-old and stated that it is ‘ridiculous’ for a commentator to claim that he does not know a player who is the current world number 28.

“How a commentator can say “we don’t know Jarry but we’ll get to know him” is beyond ridiculous. 87 million people play tennis worldwide and this guy is the 28th best at it currently,” he tweeted.

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Jarry ended his campaign in the round of 32 of the third Grand Slam of the year after losing to the reigning world number one with a score of 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 7-5 on Saturday.

Despite that result, the Santiago-born would be pleased with his performance in the tournament where he defeated Italy’s Marco Cecchinato in the first round (4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1) and Australia’s Jason Kubler in the round of 64 (7-5, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4).

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A souvenir to remember from Nicolas Jarry 👏 And a classy applause from Carlos Alcaraz! #Wimbledon

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