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On This Date in Sports August 30, 1979: Getting Nasty with Nastase

In collaboration with the Sportsecyclopedia.com Sparks fly in a second-round match at the US Open Ilie Nastase of Romania and American John McEnroe. Nastase the 1972 US Open Champion had argued with chair umpire Frank Hammond, losing a game before defaulting the match. As fans littered the court wit

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On This Date in Sports August 30, 1979: Getting Nasty with Nastase

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