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...have never been especially enthused by Borg's remarkably unimpassioned demeanor. Although big-time tennis has a pleasant rhythm, it often boils down to two people hitting a little ball back and forth over a net--and, recognizing the intricacies and talent involved, it can bore...
Wimbledon--strawberries and cream, crested blazers, green grass courts, and all that. And for the last four years, Bjorn Borg...
...Borg has dominated the tournament with his rip-roaring topspin since Gerald Ford was president and James Callaghan was prime minister. His face has reflected a certain serenity as he has wrecked his opponents methodically, in turn. But the image of Borg collapsing to his knees following the last point of every final match stays sharply etched in the mind of every tennis devotee as the Swede's strongest show of emotion...
Where is the humanity behind Borg's implacable visage? At Wimbledon, it peaks through, but only fleetingly. Machine-like personality need not accompany machine-like precision. And while these observations in no way condone the brattishness that pervades tennis's upper echelons, it is possible to be both mannerly and flamboyant--witness the generation of great Aussies which, regrettably, has slipped from tourneys to tennis ranches...
Inevitably, the charity tennis event at London's Battersea Park was heralded as a "love doubles" match, even though mixed doubles are notoriously taxing on marriages and other loving relationships. John Lloyd and his more famous wife Chris Evert Lloyd were paired against Bjorn Borg and Fiancee Mariana Simionescu, who plan to be married in July. Between hugs, pats, kisses and giggles, the foursome played reasonably serious tennis, with Chris and John winning, 6-4, 6-3. For that they were awarded $93,000, while the losers won $60,500. Charity got $35,000, leading some to wonder...