"People weren't very crazy about him. They booed him when he came onto the court," says retired NBC sportscaster Bud Collins. He was calling the match that day at Wimbledon, 35 years ago. "And of course Borg was the gentleman, the stoic Swede, and they played this magical match which went on and on and on."

Here is the match

wasoxygen, -back when they used the whole court.

A good doc on the two:



ButterflyEffect:

Am I missing something or has tennis completely lost it's attitude? Guys like McEnroe and Connors just don't seem to be playing at a high level in today's game.

I'll have to watch that doc when my WiFi is set up. Another doc you might be interested in is the 30 for 30 on Jimmy Connors.


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