June 22, 1981, was just another opening day at Wimbledon, right? Wrong. It was the day when John McEnroe, the fiery tennis star, turned Centre Court into a theater of pure drama. Picture this: the pristine grass, the polite applause, the genteel atmosphere. And then, in the midst of it all, McEnroe had a meltdown for the ages. His opponent, Tom Gullikson, probably had no idea that their match would go down in history—not for the tennis, but for the tantrum.
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