Borg plays doubles
NZPA-Reuter London i The four times Wimbledon champion, Bjorn Borg, made ■ one of his rarb appearances 1 in a doubles match to help 1 Sweden establish a 2-1 lead 1 over Rumania in their European zone *B’ semi-final ] Davis Cup tennis match, in ■ Bucharest yesterday. Borg, who normally shuos doubles play, teamed up i with Ove Bengtsson to < defeat Hie Nastase and Gav- i
ril Marc 7-5, 6-4, 6-3. Today Borg meets Nastasd in the reverse singles, a repeat of the 1976 Wimbledon final when Borg clinched his first title. In the zone ‘B’ final to ba played in September the winners of the Swedens Rumania tie will meet Czechoslovakia, who beat Franca in the doubles yesterday to establish a 3-0 winning lead in Paris.
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Press, 16 July 1979, Page 28
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