![]() ![]() “Mac” was very talented, his game being based on precision and touch on top of an iconic and lethal serve. John McEnroe, born in 1959, had amazed the tennis world since his first steps on the tour in 1977, when at the age of 17 he showed up at Wimbledon as an amateur and reached the semi-finals. ![]() John McEnroe, serve and volley wizard, hot-head.The players: John McEnroe and Tim Gullikson It was a line that would forever live in infamy it became so iconic that McEnroe himself would later use it as the title of his autobiography. Beyond frustrated with a call, the surly McEnroe, angst-ridden improviser that he was, came up with the unforgettable “You cannot be serious” line. On this day, June 22, 1981, John McEnroe committed the most famous outburst in tennis history in the first round of Wimbledon, where he was playing against fellow American Tom Gullikson. ![]()
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