punishing Connors's short second serves. "I was not scared of his game when he was serving," said Borg, who lost his serve only once, to trail 0-2 in the first set, and then ran off six games in a ...

Borg often fought with Connors for supremacy in the 1970s and early 1980s. The two players played with each other 23 times, with Borg winning 15 of those matches. Borg often got the better of ...

I thought it interesting that Jimbo Fan found me assigning equality to Connors and his first and greatest rival, Bjorn Borg. That I did so was partly because of the timing of the book's publication.

In 1976, a teenage Borg played Jimmy Connors in the finals of the U.S. Open, which was then played on clay. Borg lost in four sets, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (11-9), 6-4. It was the loss of the third-set ...

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 ...

This four-year exile from Roland Garros was Connors' prime, when he still bested Borg far more often than not. This included on clay. (Borg at this time admitted to being intimidated by the American.) ...

Borg and Connors are two of the greatest players in the history of the game, winning 11 and 8 Grand Slam singles titles, respectively. Both legends paid a visit to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden ...

The 1977 defeat to Borg was an exceptional match, with Connors rallying from 0-4 in the fifth set to tie before the Swede won the final two games. It wasn't until 1982 that Connors would win his ...