Damn conspiracy, McEnroe screamed. How Mečíř swept away the American star and expressed his opposition

A native of Bojnice, Slovakia, he became a world star in the second half of the 1980s. In 1986, he surprised his opponents in New York, reaching the final of the US Open there, where he lost to his "compatriot" Ivan Lendl. At the next Grand Slam in Australia in early 1987, Mečíř played the quarterfinals and in March won his most valuable title to date, when he dominated Miami: he avenged Lendl's 0:3 defeat there in sets. Sometime around that tim…