John McEnroe once shared his frustation with arch-rival Jimmy Connors’ behavior during a match in the ATP Champions Tour. The former claimed that the latter was manipulating the fans against him.
McEnroe told during an interview later:
“He left the court for 30 minutes, not me, but I ended up the bad guy again. It’s not easy to pull that off but he’s an expert. There should be books written about it as an inspiration. I thought I’d seen pretty much everything until this happened. He has manipulated crowds against me for years, he gets them thinking `Poor Jimmy’.”
