Q: Dimitrov, he was on the verge of maybe the Wimbledon final.  Now he loses that heartbreaker to Murray in Cincinnati.  Where does he go from here and get it back because he's so gifted? 

JOHN McENROE: Dimitrov, he's gone like in the wrong direction.  He's got obviously a lot of talent.  The best match he played all year is the match he played against Murray in Cincy.  He should have won that.  He had all types of chances.  You worry he can't put away a match like that.  There's not a lot of good news right now.  At least it seems like his fitness has improved.  He's looking for a fresh start.  He's on his own off the court.  He's got to know that the panic button is right there.  He's got to sort of get his head together.  That's easier said than done.  Again, like Kyrgios, to me it would be great if both those guys got their acts together.  Would be a shot in the arm for the men's game, and hopefully that will happen.  I definitely am concerned about some of what I see with him.  But he definitely deep down has a ton of ability.  I'm hoping that he starts to get tougher mentally, which is obviously the key to have tremendous success in certainly a one-on-one sport.  We'll have to wait and see.  Better start turning it around soon. 

PATRICK McENROE:  The best thing that could happen to Dimitrov at the moment is that he's on his own.  He's been too catered to for too many years.  He's had everybody telling him he's the next great player.  Obviously he has a lot of ability.  He's done really well already.  But to get to the next level, he's got to toughen up a little bit.  That's just the bottom line.  He's got to toughen up.  And I think taking some time and basically going on his own for some time could be the best thing for him.  That was a brutal loss.  Obviously I was there in Cincinnati.  John is right.  That's the best tennis he's played in a while.  But you could just tell that Murray knew if he stayed close, that Dimitrov would choke, and that's exactly what happened. 

Q. John, I believe you had the chance to spend time with Andy Murray and Jonas.  Can you give us any insight into what was said, how you think he's feeling about his chances this week?

JOHN McENROE:  He was nice enough, he sort of wanted to get a little quiet hit in.  He came over to my club, which is great.  We have a little camp going on.  Kids are obviously tremendously excited.  He spent a little time with them, which is great.  To me, we had a nice talk, but he's in a good frame of mind.  He's got to be.  He beat Djokovic in Montréal.  He broke that streak.  Roger's played some amazing tennis.  He lost to him.  He was obviously feeling some fatigue from the effort in Montréal.   But he's positioned himself well.  We'll see when the draw comes out because he's a 3 seed, not 2.  He is going to have to play one of these two guys in the semis for sure.  We'll see what pans out.  He's positioned himself just right other than if he didn't want to play Novak in the semis.  Now that he's broken that streak, he'll be feeling better about his chances.  He's worked hard over the course of the last 18 months since he had the surgery to get himself in the type of position he's in right now. 

Q. Do you feel the defeat to Federer is a big setback for him?

JOHN McENROE:  I think he has a better shot of beating Federer in a best-of-five set match.  He lost at Wimbledon, it didn't happen.  He's lost I believe five times in a row.  Listen, you're talking about, what, the first or second greatest player that ever lived who is playing tremendously.  It's not like he's going to just walk through this.  But he's got himself as well-prepared as possible.  I think he knows that he's got to keep adding to his game.  That's clear.  He's got Bjorkman on tap to figure out ways he can be more aggressive, take advantage of his skills at net.  We'll see if he's able to bring that to the table at the Open. 

Q: I'd like to ask about the US Open, a lot of Cinderellas, like Bellis, Duval, Oudin.  Do you see anybody filling that role this year? 

PATRICK McENROE:  First of all, I'd be hesitant to call a Cinderella somebody that won a round, as CiCi Bellis did last year.  Obviously Oudin made a great run, but that was just to the quarterfinals.  It's pretty rare that somebody makes a really deep run all the way to the end because it's so physical and there's so much pressure.  The top female players are all in great shape, too, much like the men.  Obviously there's more chance of an upset in two-out-of-three.  You look for some of the younger guys on the men's side, like Borna Coric, (Alexander) Zverev.  (Frances) Tiafoe qualified at Winston-Salem, won his first round there.  To me, a Cinderella is making it to the third or maybe the fourth round.  I don't know if anybody is capable of going further than that.  On the women's side there's a chance somebody young could make that kind of run, but even that's becoming more difficult. 

Q. You touched on this a bit with the women's side with the young players.  10 years ago you wanted to see how Serena Williams would do, she's proved to be an amazing player.  Madison Keys, Stephens, CoCo Vandeweghe, Bouchard, do you see any of those players that we'll be talking about in five years, if they maintain their health, their attitude about trying to be No. 1?  Who do you think we'll be talking about then?

JOHN McENROE:  Forget about comparing them to Serena Williams.  I don't see that level.  But I do see that Madison and Sloane, out of the four you mentioned, those two in my opinion have the biggest upside and have the potential to win a Grand Slam, and perhaps a couple of them.  Obviously things have to improve in all aspects as far as their professionalism, as far as their preparation, as far as their decision making on a court.  But the raw ability, and they've made some progress.  Sloane seems to be on the right track again.  She's sort of fallen off, the wheels fell off a bit.  Madison has had tremendous moments, like Patrick mentioned.  She's extremely dangerous.  She seems to be making some good decisions, you know, bringing Davenport in, hopefully taking her to another level as far as the coaching.  So I'm cautiously optimistic that one of those two.  Bouchard is in an unbelievable rut.  She can't beat anybody.  CoCo has always been a nice young lady.  Hopefully she'll succeed.  Hopefully we'll see some other people. 

PATRICK McENROE:  The only other one I would mention in that group would be Belinda Bencic.  Her tournament in Canada was amazing.  She's got incredible court sense.  I think she's mature as a player beyond her years.  I think the question is, does she have the physicality to stay there.  I think she's got the tennis IQ, tennis skills.  Does she have the firepower, that's probably the biggest question.   I would say Keys has the most upside because she's got very easy power from basically the serve, forehand and backhand.  It's a learning process for her of how to put the whole thing together.  We'll see if there's a couple of youngsters on the horizon.  I know of a couple that are quite young, I'm not going to say their names yet because it's a little early, but I think there's a couple Americans that are 14, 15 right now, that could be - could be - the players we're talking about in a couple years.