John McEnroe: Andy Roddick would be in Top 20 if he still played

John McEnroe was a guest on New York City radio station WFAN on Tuesday to promote January’s Powershares QQQ Cup at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

As expected, he wasn’t at a loss for words.

McEnroe, Jim Courier, James Blake and Andy Roddick will be featured at the event, and the seven-time Grand Slam champion had some glowing things to say about Roddick.

“He should be on the main tour still,” McEnroe told host Marc Malusis. “He’s 34, so he’s actually a year younger than Roger Federer and a few other guys that are actually still in the Top 20 of the game.

"I believe if Roddick was playing and training the way you need to play best of five—we’re playing one set each, and then the winner plays another set, so that’s obviously a lot different than going to the French or Wimbledon or the U.S. Open and playing best of five—he’d still be in the Top 20, for sure, the way he plays.”

Roddick, a former world No. 1 and the 2003 U.S. Open champion, retired after the 2012 U.S. Open.

Among many other things, McEnroe addressed the future of U.S. tennis, how the men’s game will change in the coming years, and Federer and Rafael Nadal during the 21-minute segment.

Roddick will play Blake in the first semifinal on Jan. 7, and McEnroe will meet Courier in the second. The winner of those matches will face off in the final.