The Swedish Tennis player, Bjorn Rune Borg
The Swedish tennis sensation Bjorn Rune Borg was born on 6 June 1956. The former world number one tennis ace has triumphed in a total of five Wimbledon singles final in a row which is a record that he shares along with the tennis master, Roger Federer. Moreover, the fifty four years tennis star has also won four French Open singles finals in a row which is another record in the history of world tennis which he now shares with the current number one player, Rafael Nadal. Bjorn is undoubtedly reckoned as one of the marvelous tennis players of all times.
During his comparatively short pro tennis career, the Swedish player triumphed in almost forty one percent of the Grand Slam championships he participated and eighty nine percent of the Grand Slam contests he battled which is a record itself. He also holds the record of being the only tennis player who triumphed at the Wimbledon as well as the French Open in a single season on more than one occasion, succeeding both of them for a period of three years in a row.
Born in Sodertalje, the golden racquet of the game of tennis used to attract Borg since childhood. His dad gifted him that racquet which was the start of Borg’s tennis career. A player of superb muscularity as well as perseverance had a different flare and style from the very start. His heftiness permitted him to place oppressive top spin on both his back as well as forehand. When Borg turned thirteen, he was defeating the top Sweden’s under eighteen contesters and the skipper of the Davis cup Lennart Bergelin warned against anyone attempting to alter Borg’s tough bumpy strokes. They were extremely productive.
Borg entered the professional tennis circuit when he was just fourteen years of age. Just after a year, Borg represented his homeland in the Davis Cup and thus became the youngest ever contester of his country to do so. He triumphed in his maiden singles rubber in a total of five sets over Onny Parun who was an experienced professional player from New Zealand. During the same year, Borg also succeeded in the Wimbledon singles championship, recouping from a 5-2 dearth in the final match set to knock down a Brit tennis ace, Buster Mottram.
The Swedish player turned pro in 1973 and made his way into the main draws of the quarterfinal match of the grass court Grand Slam tournament in his very first trial effort. The boy triumphed in his first high level singles championship in the season 1974 at the Italian Open and became the youngest ever victor. Heading on the same lines, the right handed player after a period of just fourteen days won a Grand Slam title at the French Open championship, beating Manuel Orantes in the 2–6, 6–7, 6–0, 6–1, 6–1 final match set.
The following year, the young tennis Swede, Borg knocked down another marvelous tennis player, Rod Laver, then thirty six years of age in the semi final encounter of the World Championship Tennis in a 7–6, 3–6, 5–7, 7–6, 6–2 match set.
The player who frequently used heavy topspins in his while playing on the tennis courts further improved his game and defended his title at the French Open in the season 1975 and defeated Guillermo Vilas in the final clash. The following year, he triumphed in the final of the World’s Championship Tennis in Texas.
Borg’s all through his professional tennis career has triumphed on a number of occasions over a great variety of players such as his title at Wimbledon, French Open victory, Master’s title, Stockholm Open as well as United States Open tournaments as his major successes.
The tennis ace from Sweden, Bjorn Rune Borg ruled the Open era for ages. He retired on 4th April, 1983. During the early 1990’s he made a comeback in the game of tennis, however didn’t prove that successful as compared to his past performances and thus retired for good in 1993. However, the legendary Swedish player has painted the tennis history with his exceptional exhibit of tennis.
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