Borg on the US Open

Bjorn Borg reflecting on his failure to win the US Open

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[nowbellhere]

When Borg and Connors met in the US Open final on clay Connors still had his number. Before Borg started to beat Connors most commentators thought Borg took the court thinking he would come out the loser. Eventually, Borg beat Connors on clay in Florida and then Borg took control of their matches from that point on.

[shangrilawson]

Arrogance? Borg also thought he should have won the 1981 Wimbledon final where he looked the better player for two of the first three sets.

I would query his assertion that he wouldn't swap a Wimbledon title for a US Open - he came so close so often.

But for retirement I think Borg could have been a top three player until at least the end of 1984 and won the French again but Mac had his number on other surfaces.

What a shame he didn't take the Australian Open seriously either!

[aadder444]

hi, also I read that Jimmy Connors had suffered from back injuries from around 1979 to 1981 and had not been able to compete against Borg and Mcenroe at their level. However, amazingly he recovered by 1982 and went on to win Wimbledon(Mcenroe) and then two US opens.(Lendl) Possibly Borg had burnt out by 1982 and lost a lot of desire. However, Lendl, Becker and Edberg were coming through by 1983 to 1985 so possibly Borg wouldn't have been able to gain that US open. But, he was unbeatable at RG.

[moxur]

jim the 7-7 record was because they often or only played on fast court. never on the clay. it was very different record if borg and mac have matches even on the clay. borg won and was ortne in final in every kind of court. john not

[JimAsian1]

RF

John and Bjorn's rivalry was kind of like his rivalry with Ivan Lendl. If Bjorn had persevered, I think he would have been awesome. And I think he would have gotten past anyone he played. But that's all conjecture. Who knows what would have happened. And remember that Bjorn beat John in 1982 in the Akai Tournament. So I think both would have been trouble playing against the other. Both were very talented players.

[JimAsian1]

RF

Honestly, in my view, Bjorn Borg was burnt out by then. He took some time off, and came back, but just was mentally out of it and he retired again. So he had had it. I think if he had continued, he could have won it. He had an even 7 to 7 record against John McEnroe. I think their rivalry possibly would always be a back and forth rivalry. And also remember, the new rackets came along and Bjorn would have those also for new power. Both Bjorn and John gave each other trouble 7-7

[AllGenreMusic]

Not anymore.

[AllGenreMusic]

I don't know, by the 1980 US Open, McEnroe really knew how to trouble Borg so I don't know if Borg would have ever gotten past McEnroe past 1981.

[jkygogo]

RF

I think if Bjorn Borg had continued an not retired, he would have won it. Martina Navratilova also had trouble winning there. She couldn't win it till 1983. I think Borg also would have won it if he didn't retire.

[stell29]

Wow Borg couldn't even win the U.S. Open on clay