It's a sad time when simple truths cause serious trouble. But that time is now, and a good example is how former number-one tennis player John McEnroe is being excoriated for stating that Serena Williams, widely regarded as history's best women's player, would be "like number 700 in the world" on the men's tour. The story is also further proof of how the media are infested with arrogant, ignorant fake-news fetishists.
I do place a premium on honesty, however, and thus should confess my title's inaccuracy. McEnroe is wrong.
I don't think Williams would crack the top 1000 men.