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John McEnroe had many memorable run-ins with Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors over his decorated tennis career, but the ...
But Borg lost his first-round match to an American named Bruce Manson 6-7, 7-5, 6-2. If you look up Bruce Manson on Wikipedia, the first sentence in his entry is that he once beat Bjorn Borg.
Bjorn Borg believes that modern tennis is more “grueling” than during his era and claims today’s players have a “big responsibility” to promote the sport. The 68-year-old, in an ...
LONDON -- At 44 years of age, and after 27 years as a professional, Bjorn Borg, the super-cool Swede, has retired from tennis for good -- apart, of course, from the occasional exhibition match or ...
The All England Club turned an epic men’s final into a theatrical experience called “Wimbledon Rematch 1980” to try to attract new fans. Spoiler alert: Bjorn Borg won again. By Alyson Krueger ...
Bjorn Borg’s second wife, the Italian signer Loredana Berte, claims she is still married to the Swede, a charge that he denies. Berte alleges that Borg never officially divorced her in order to ...
— Bjorn Borg Former world No. 1 and Swedish teen sensation Bjorn Borg brought fame, fortune, and much-needed publicity to tennis in the mid-'70s, when he began to play.
McEnroe said his and Borg’s statures and personas did have an impact. “Even for Roger or Rafa, looking over and seeing Bjorn, they’ll say, ‘I want to make sure I do my thing,’ because ...
Both Borg and McEnroe saw the final film. Borg appreciated it, while McEnroe "is not very excited about it," says Metz. "It’s what you’d expect.
Björn Borg might be the only person in professional sports history to find a second life as both a classic Halloween costume and a source of legit style inspiration. The Swedish tennis star's ...