Lendl takes revenge
NZPA Chicago Ivan Lendl blasted 15 aces and relied on devastating ground strokes to avenge three previous exhibition losses by dismantling Bjorn Borg, 6-1, 7-5, in the ?U5250,000 Lite Challenge of Champions yesterday. Lendl now. advances to
today’s final, where he will meet Jimmy Connors, a 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, victor over John McEnroe, for the SUSIOO,OOO first prize. Lendl won the opening set in just 18 minutes, drilling six aces as Borg helplessly walked the baseline from side to side.
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Press, 10 January 1983, Page 32
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