Serena Williams could have taken my name to strengthen gender disparity case: John McEnroe
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Months after the bitter-sweet memory of the US Open, former world number one John McEnroe is 'surprised' that American tennis ace Serena Williams didn't refer to his name to strengthen her case of alleged gender disparity.Williams drew widespread support and criticism for her dramatic meltdown at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, as she labelled umpire Carlos Ramos a "liar" and a "thief" and claimed sexism after she received three code violations. Japanese counterpart Naomi Osaka defeated the American 6-2, 6-4 to deny latter from registering her 24th major Grand Slam."She (Williams) was absolutely right to say men have got away with worse. I am surprised she didn't invoke my name there. I wasn't disappointed just surprised!" Sport24 quoted McEnroe, who was famously disqualified from the 1990 Australian Open after a meltdown of his own.While responding to Williams' meltdown, McEnroe said: "If thief is the worst word she used, I have got some bad news for you. There are a lot of ...