Alexander Zverev's time as the world's top-ranked tennis player got off to a rocky start. The German lost his opening match and became only the fifth men's player to do so after reaching No. 1.
SportsIt's been more than two decades since the last time, but now Ben Shelton has given American tennis another chance. A victory for him in the US Open final would certainly break the American curse on the men's side of the four major tennis tournaments.
SportsThe rivalry lifted tennis when the sport was at the crossroads of the 1970s and 1980s. The friendship remains. But John McEnroe doesn't see Björn Borg as often as he would like. It's a bit depressing, he says.
SportsBook-actual Björn Borg has put tennis on the shelf, he says in the talk show Skavlan & Sweden. Instead, he walks in his living room and cycles to keep in shape. I only have one body, says Borg.
SportsThe Swedish tennis legend Björn Borg, 69, has been affected by cancer. Borg tells the news agency AP that he was operated on for prostate cancer last year and that he is on the road to recovery.
SportsBjörn Borg is releasing an autobiography this fall. There, one of Sweden's greatest athletes of all time tells about the reasons why he chose to quit tennis already at the age of 26. The autobiography is titled Heartbeat and is written together with his wife Patricia Borg.
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