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I spoke with Borg in 1975 at the WCT Finals in Dallas,Texas. He claimed to some other reporters there that he grew up hitting a tennis ball against his garage door with a Slazenger racquet. He developed his looping strokes watching his father play ping pong in his earlier years.

I once owned 14 pairs of Stan Smith Adidas shoes (played semi pro tennis in Texas)

the best ever Adidas shoes were made in France and were Robert Haillet models. these became later known as Stan Smith models. Priced at $24 in 1978 !!

I have been playing tennis for 40 years now. Seems that every 15-20 years brings on a new dimension in style of fplay, more influenced because of racquet technology and many players copying their favorite players. In Texas during the 70s many players would copy Borg and his two-handed backhand, w...

Glad you like the wood. Own over 10 Maxply Dunlop racquets myself. Starting to be a collector of the Maxplys! Enjoy.

Mo was mini-managed. The Timely Writer was just a public workout in his last race. As for workouts? Well, look....Feb 13 :47 2/5 breezing at Palm Meadows...Feb 20 1:01 2/5 breezing PM..Feb 27 1:00 2/5 breezing...Mar 6 :48 4/5 breezing at PM...Next was the Timely Writer in a walking half of 49...

This little girl will either be apprentice jockey or a weekend gambler losing her Friday 's paycheck on the early double.

As far as comebacks-in 1975 at the US Open (clay-rubico surface then), Manuel Orantes beat Guillermo Vilas by 4-6,1-6,6-2, 7-5 (here Orantes was down 0-5 !! in the 4th set), and then won the 5th by 6-4. I remember seeing that Orantes was still a good sport by not gesturing or pumping like today's...