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Borg

 (bôrg), Björn Rune Born 1956.
Swedish tennis player who won five consecutive Wimbledon championships (1976-1980).
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Borg

(bɔːɡ; Swedish bɔrj)
n
(Biography) Björn (bjœrn). born 1956, Swedish tennis player: Wimbledon champion 1976–80; French Open champion 1974–75, 1978–81
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The rivalry of BjE[micro]rn Borg and John McEnroe, which came to a head at the 1980 Wimbledon final, pitted perfection against passion and captivated the world.
Borg McEnroe is a sports biography film based on the titanic clash in 1980 between two of tennis's biggest stars of that time - the ever enthusiastic American, John McEnroe, and the brooding Swede, Bjorn Borg.
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Billed as the "ice" Borg versus the volatile Superbrat, it saw reigning champ Borg serving for a fifth consecutive title against his up-andcoming rival.
The showdown - billed as Ice Man versus Super Brat - lasted almost four hours, including a titanic fourth-set tie break, and pushed both Shia LaBeouf as John McEnroe and Sverrir Gudnason as Bjorn Borg men to the limit of physical and mental endurance.
Borg (Gudnason) arrives in London with his gruff coach Lennart Bergelin (Stellan Skarsgard) and the burden of expectation on his shoulders.
Thirty-seven years ago, Borg visited a rainy and windswept Newcastle on a flying visit as part of the city's 900th anniversary celebrations.
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