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© Copyright 2020 by Siegfried Kuebler Zur Grundel 18 D 88662 Überlingen
Two rackets used by Björn Borg commented by Siegfried Kuebler Borg was 18 to 27 years old in his active time from 1974 to 1983, an ambitious player and also the most successful. He won 64 individual titles, including 11 Grand Slam titles. From 1976 to 1980 he won five consecutive times at Wimbledon and between 1974 and 1981 he secured six titles at the French Open. As a team, he brought the Davis Cup to Sweden for the first time in 1975. He also won the season finale, the Masters, twice. In 1979 and 1980 he led the world rankings. When he was a boy, he'd smashed his clubs on the ground when things weren't going the way he wanted them to. His behavior changed, when he turned older. No outbursts of anger like his unloved opponent McEnroe, not even grimacing when he shot an easy to hit ball into the net. He was also called the 'ice cold' Nordic, being a Swede. It was he who brought the topspin to perfection and his opponents to despair because he could play almost perfectly with this new technique. Bringing the ball over the net once more than the opponent is the secret to always winning. The forward spin of the ball (topspin) results in a higher trajectory of the ball flight and a high bounce from the ground after impact. Uncomfortable for the opponent. The result was fewer balls out and fewer balls in the net. However, he had to accept that the balls slowed down. In order to at least compensate for this somewhat, the ball had to be hit harder with full force. 3
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