Sport: The Bjorn and John Show

Tennis' twin titans find a fortune Down Under

The last time Bjorn Borg played tennis in Australia was in December 1974. It was an experience that he and the Australians would rather forget. Borg, then 18, looked more like a weekend hacker than the sport's rising star, losing to unranked players in the first round of two tournaments and bowing out in the second round of another. Borg surveyed the rubble of his fame Down Under and admitted: "I may have let the people down." The people agreed. Wrote the tennis writer for the...

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