🎾On January 21, 1990 John McEnroe becomes the first player in 27 years to be disqualified from a Grand Slam event when he’s tossed from the Australian Open. McEnroe’s tantrum comes while leading Mike Pernfors 6-1, 4-6, 7-5, 2-4. He received a warning for intimidating a linesperson, a point penalty after smashing his racket, and was defaulted for arguing with and abusing the umpire, supervisor and tournament referee. The last player to be disqualified from a Grand Slam for misconduct had been Wi