Like last year's "Battle of the Sexes," "Borg vs McEnroe" uses a famous tennis match of yesteryear to try getting at a deeper meaning. In this case, it's not gender equality, but rather the roots -- ...
(Reuters) - The heated rivalry between Swede Bjorn Borg and American John McEnroe is the centerpiece of a new film on the famous battles between the tennis greats both on and off the court.
Let's begin this review of "Borg Vs. McEnroe" with a huge spoiler alert. The final score of the 1980 Wimbledon men's final between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe, which takes up the climactic last third ...
If nothing else, “Borg/McEnroe” makes its ambitions clear from the start. The film from director Janus Metz opens with a title-card quote from Andre Agassi (who otherwise has nothing to do with this ...
John McEnroe once shared his take on the role his fiery on-court conduct played in the tennis world. The American also made a point about Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras as he observed ...
John McEnroe was the fiery kid from Queens, a magician with a tennis racket whose emotional outbursts on the court nearly overshadowed his prodigious talents. Bjorn Borg was the Nordic god, the ...
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The film "Borg McEnroe", which traces the fierce rivalry between tennis greats Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe on and off the court, premiered in Swedish capital Stockholm on Monday.
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have been compared to tennis icons John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg for their “fire and ice” qualities by tennis pundit Mark Petchey. Alcaraz and Sinner’s rivalry has ...
Roger Federer is back at the Laver Cup, the tournament where he played the final match of his career along with his longtime rival Rafael Nadal back in 2022. Ahead of the 2024 edition of the Laver Cup ...
Nicknamed 'Ice Borg' for his stoicism, Björn Borg won 11 Grand Slam titles before abruptly retiring from tennis at 26. He explains it all in a new memoir.
One-point Laver Cup matches carry the least weight toward the final score on Sunday, except when they don’t. While Day 2 and Day 3 matches are worth 20 of the 24 total points awarded, the four Day 1 ...