Italian open (Foro Italico, Rome) 1987 Semi Final - Mats Wilander v John McEnroe

Italian open 1987 Semi Final - Mats Wilander v John McEnroe Foro Italico, Rome 1987 Video is from Channel 9 Australia so enjoy the 1987 Australian adverts Commentators - Fred Stolle and Tony Trabert Trivia from the 1987 Italian Open Sergio Palmieri - Italian Open tournament director and McEnroe's future agent. Pulled the lights twice to keep John McEnroe in the tournament, when he was losing to Franco Davin in the first round. "I gave him (the maintenance worker) 100 thousand lire to turn off the lights. Lights go out, everyone goes to the locker room. And there I say to John, 'What the hell are you doing? Play this match'"