NEW YORK (AP) Bjorn Borg will face longtime rival John McEnroe in a World Team Tennis match, replacing injured Jimmy Connors. Borg's Philadelphia Freedoms will play McEnroe's New York Sportimes on ...
When Jimmy Connors got on a roll ... Three times he lost in the finals, to Arthur Ashe in 1975 and to Bjorn Borg in 1977 and 1978. The 1977 defeat to Borg was an exceptional match, with Connors ...
Bjorn Borg reached the U.S. Open final four times ... those years was 1975 B.C. (Before Confidence: Borg lived under Jimmy Connors’ thumb until the spring of 1976), which explains why Connors ...
Krickstein was famously beaten in an instant classic by 39-year-old Jimmy Connors at the US Open in ... at the top of this list is true tennis icon Borg, a former world No 1 and winner of 11 ...
Favourite all-time tennis match? This would have to be up there. The ice-cool Swedish champion Bjorn Borg against the brash John McEnroe who was snapping at his heels for the crown of the world's best ...