John McEnroe pleads with Sue Barker after hearing 'disturbing news' from Wimbledon host

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John McEnroe joked with Sue Barker as the iconic BBC Wimbledon presenter began the first day of her final tournament working for the broadcaster. After Novak Djokovic's first-round win over Kwon Soon-woo, the American pundit turned to Barker and said: "I have heard some very disturbing news, is it possibly true that this is your last Wimbledon? Are you kidding you are an icon here!" to which Barker and Tim Henman found amusing and laughed at McEnroe's joke.

"We all agreed we would only go as long as you can," McEnroe added. "Now you have put the pressure on us! What is going to happen next? Henman are we going to have a tournament next year?"

British pundit Henman replied: "I am not sure, I think Sue said 30 years working with you [McEnroe] she's not sure she could carry on. We need to debate it."

Barker, 66, added: "You two are probably saying it's 29 years too late that I am going!" to which both pundits with Barker disagreed and insisted they needed to enjoy this tournament. "No of course not, and we have got to savour every last day here this is unbelievable. No really, this is incredible, forget about these matches let's talk about you, why have you decided to do this?"

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