John McEnroe defends victim, Serena Williams, at Dominic Thiem press conference

John McEnroe took the defense of Serena Williams, claiming that she was not a "diva" for her role in Dominic Thiem, who had been kicked out of the press room of the French Open.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion has been overtaken by the number 4 Austrian world after a press conference mid-term to give way to the great American.

Thiem was furious at the time, calling the decision a "joke," while suggesting that Williams had a "bad personality" in a later interview.

McEnroe, the "self-proclaimed tennis commissioner", disagrees with Thiem's ​​badessment and believes he must intervene.

"This ridiculous incident has been exaggerated," he told Eurosport.

"It also gives me the opportunity to show how easy it is to create fake news and manipulate people's opinions.

"Fact: Dominic Thiem was kicked out of the main newsroom in the middle of his media duties, to make way for Serena Williams. Fact: Thiem was less than happy.

"With both of these facts, the public social media court was quick to reach a verdict:" How can she do that? Is not she ashamed? Who does what she thinks she is? "

"It's not just the helpful hate trolls who have expressed their dissatisfaction – in fact, the mainstream media have begun to weigh in. You see, there is something on the Internet and they immediately start reporting and expressing an opinion. Yes, an opinion!

"No matter what happened to the basic rule of journalism: three independent sources confirm the fact and only then will you be able to account for it.

"But that's the problem: they have not figured out everything. Little known but true: Serena Williams had actually asked for a smaller room to be finished. But in one way or another, the organizers insisted that she hold the press conference in the main room where Thiem was at the time.

"A smaller room was available because that's where Thiem ended. When Serena was informed that she had to move the Austrian to make room for her, she was heard saying, "Whoah, that's rude!"

"You see, it's not a tiny detail, it changes the whole story Serena is not a diva who can not wait two minutes, she is the victim of an error on the part of the organization, just like Thiem.

"I know a lot of journalists who should eat a lot of the pie after this one."

He signed: "For me, I'm not a real journalist, so I do not have to check my facts. I can basically say anything I want.

It's a pity he did not check his facts, because most of them are a little gloomy.

Williams asked to be installed in the second largest press conference room occupied, but she also felt that she would leave without doing her journalistic work if she was not able to start immediately.

The statement she said, "whoah is rude," is simply wrong. What she did, which was verified by an audio recording, was to tell a tournament official "You're very rude," before threatening to cut his lecture.

McEnroe is right that the organizers may have handled the situation better, but the truth is to force them to act. The only victim in this scenario is Thiem.