IN THIS CORNER

If she had to just play the circuit — the men’s circuit — that would be an entirely different story ... If she played the men’s circuit she’d be like 700 in the world.

— John McEnroe, who i s trying to s ell copies of his autobiography, s ays there’s no question that Serena Williams i s the best wome n’s tennis p layer ever, but s he would s truggle mightily p laying against me n.