John McEnroe on Nadal's victory

By John McEnroe Three-time Wimbledon champion

In the last six weeks Rafael Nadal has taken his game to another level.

He thrashed every opponent in the French Open, then beat Andy Roddick and Novak Djokovic on his way to the Queen's title.

Right now, he is clearly playing the best he has ever played on grass.

Nadal never looked in trouble on Centre Court

There was talk a couple of years ago about whether or not Nadal could successfully make a transition and be a contender here.

Since then he has improved virtually every aspect of his game.

His backhand is better, his serve is better, his approach shots are better, his volleying is better and his court positioning is better on this surface.

Watch the amount of spin he puts on the ball, Andy Murray never felt confident enough to step in on his shots.

I thought he looked physically worn after the game against Richard Gasquet, and I think Nadal sensed right away that Andy was not moving as well as he can or had the energy to compete.

And I think the crowd picked up on that, which added to the subdued atmosphere.

Too often Murray was trying to serve an ace. To me he was going for it too much, I would have preferred him to slice on the first serve to bring Nadal off court and attack more.

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But that's impossible to pull off if you don't have the legs to do it.

Nadal has long encouraged Andy, he's very diplomatic as you can see in his interviews, saying that Andy will be in the top five and will perhaps win Wimbledon.

But he has got a couple of people in the way, the most obvious one being Nadal himself.

All Murray has got to do is look at his opponent, who works unbelievably hard.

You can't help but respect what Nadal does, and that's probably why the crowd were not as vociferous - along with the one-sided result - because there is so much love for him on this court.

John McEnroe was talking to BBC One