if a match was supposed to start at 1:00, john would always wait until three minutes past 1:00, always. things like that. >> i remember a match where arthur didn't say a word to me at all. he's looking at these stats, and i'm like, this is a bunch of baloney. but i would say the only time there was real friction, i believe it was the final match against argentina. >> basically, i guess that had been building up a little bit. >> john mcenroe, besides playing his usual brilliant tennis, got into his usual antics on the court. >> you shouldn't be in the chair, all right. you're junk. >> you were very strong in your point that the u.s. had never defaulted a match. you were not about to let john mcenroe do the same because of his behavior. how do you prevent this, arthur, and what do you tell a mcenroe? >> john had behaved so poorly, i called our davis cup committee