Did bjorn Borg retire too early? Why did he?
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Bjorn Borg took a sabbatical from tennis in 1981, shortly after losing the U.S. Open against John McEnroe.  He had also lost to John McEnroe at Wimbledon, where Borg had won five Wimbledons in a row.  Borg was only 26 or so when he retired.   He had been playing tennis since he was 15, and so had played 10 years or more.\n\nBorg played a grinding style of tennis which was popular in the day.  He'd run and run and run shots down, and had a big enough serve to win on grass during the years after the decline of the great Australian serve-and-volleyers.\n\nMost people said Borg had burned out.  He had expected to take 6 months off or so, then return back to the tour.  However, the ATP told Borg that if he planned to play less than the minimum number of tournaments (something like 10 a year), he would have to enter through qualification.\n\nBorg felt that, due to his wins at the French Open and Wimbledon, he should be exempt.  That didn't happen, and Borg didn't return back to the tour.  He tried a comeback in the early 90s, most probably due to financial reasons, but by then, he had not regularly played, and was in his mid 30s--old for a tennis player.\n\nThese days, I think the ATP would have let Borg return and not have to qualify, much like Monica Seles didn't have to qualify when she came back on tour after the Gunter Parche stabbing incident.  Borg was a charismatic star.\n\nEven so, the game was beginning to change, and Borg would likely have faded by the mid-80s, as players who had grown up with oversized racquets were beginning to dominate.  Even so, Borg should have been successful for another 3-4 years before declining due to age and the power game.
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It's cyclical.  The current crop of tennis talent just happens to be more reserved and focused on the mechanics of the game.\n\n10 years from now, we'll have our next pool of extraverted players.
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Big whoop.  He was juiced during the years that most players decline.  He should be stuck in the 400s somewhere.
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She did retire shortly after the 2004 Athens Olympics, after playing in some of the games of the farewell tour or whatever it was called.  She would have been 32 years old.  That was a sad day when Mia Hamm retired :(
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Andre Agassi\n\nIn two decades of tennis, U.S. player Andre Agassi went from being the young rebel with glam-rock hair to the grand "old man" with a head as smooth as a clay court -- and one of the greatest players in the game's history. He began playing professionally in 1986, and by 1988 had won more than $2 million in prize money. Throughout the 1990s, men's tennis was dominated by the back-and-forth rivalry of Agassi and Pete Sampras. In his career Agassi has won more than 850 singles matches, including 60 titles, 8 Grand Slams and an Olympic Gold Medal (Atlanta, 1996). Even after 20 years of playing, Agassi ranks in the top ten in men's tennis, and in 2005 made it to the finals of the U.S. Open (he lost to Roger Federer). One of the top earners in tennis, Agassi's flair for style and celebrity has also earned him a spot as one of the top earners in endorsements.\n\nAgassi was married to actress Brooke Shields from 1997-99... He married tennis great Steffi Graf in 2001, and they have two children... Agassi's sister was married to tennis pro Pancho Gonzales... Agassi's father, Emmanuel "Mike" Agassi, was an Olympic boxer for Iran in 1948 and 1952 before emigrating to Chicago.
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He's no longer active.\n\nWhat a shame, he's one of those guys who peaked too soon and had his best years in college.
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Pete Sampras retired from tennis 2 years ago at the age of 30.
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I used to be a tennis umpire, and have spoken with Bjorn Borg (among others) a few times. Eloquent, he was not. Cogent, he was not. In fact, Borg was about as interesting as watching paint dry.\n\nFrom my own experience, I would say that Bjorn Borg could easily win a award for being one of the least intelligent people on Earth, let alone in the sport of Tennis.\n\nBorg bought his ex-wife a $3MM island, and made a host of other poor business investments. Due to his typical inattention to all matters requiring thought, Borg's financial managers robbed him blind.
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He has Parkinson's disease and couldn't keep up with the physical demands of the schedule necessary to shoot a weekly TV series.\n\nUmmm.... Didn't he leave about 6 years ago?
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he played for PORTUGAL IN England in 1966. Later he retired
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He does have the talent and love to win Wimbledon. But not in the era where a player namely Federer dominates the field, followed by his dominions consisted of Roddick, Blake, Nalbandian etc. He has to raise his game and fitness level to match top 10 players' athleticism and play. He also has to be much more consistent and keeps his temper in play, he gotta believe in himself so much more than relying on Gilbert(Murray's coach) that he can upset world's bests.
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I don't think McEnroe or Borg would live with Federer or the other very top players - the game has changed.\nHowever you can only beat what you are up against on the day, so McEnroe, Connors, Borg, Laver, Rosewall etc were all great for their time as was Fred Perry - where's the next Great Brit coming from - Andy Murray?
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what retirement are you talking about????\nthe last time i check her retired 3 different times...\n\nin 93 he retired because his dad died (was killed actually), so he pursued baseball because his dad wanted him to play professional baseball when he was young and he did it in memory of him...\n\nin 98 he retired again after winning his 6th championship... partly because the bulls organization are at a tormoil at that time... pippen was not happy with his contract, there were feuds between coach phil jackson and the general manager jerry kraus, most of the bulls team have expiring contracts (10 out of 12) including the key guys like jordan,pippen,rodman,harper,kukoc,kerr... so he decided to retire and be remembered being on top (NBA champoin) than go another season with a bad chicago team...( a good choice for him)\n\nin 03 he retired simply because that was the plan...he said already he will play two more years (for financial reasons, since he is part owner that time of the wizards)... and thats what he did...also you can add that he's defenitely limited that time already coz he's old...
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You may not have been around during the moonballing era at the French Open, but that was surely the most boring of times.\nAs for today, the big matches are still exciting, but perhaps less so than a decade or two ago. The big difference, in my view, has nothing to do with your premise about modeling and acting, however, or about their focus. The big difference is twofold: first, players have converged on a single style of play with minor variations. That style is the power baseline, power serve game. No more McEnroes, Edbergs, Navritolovas. This means that we are usually watching less interesting tactical matchups.\nSecond, there are few of the intense rivalries of before. We had McEnroe vs. Conners vs. Borg; Graf vs. Seles; Evert vs. Navratilova; Agassi vs. Sampras. Right now we are missing the enduring rivalries, although I don't see that as a permanent situation.\nSo, on the whole, I agree that tennis is slightly less exciting than early, bur for different reasons.
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i believe it was a hip problem but the other guy could be correct. anyway he had to retire because of injury.
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Being the first to regain the belt! It was so much harder back then with all the politics and only one belt. He was good for the sport! Big loss, sadly no one remembers him!\n\nI will pour out a beer for him though!
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He is REALLY going to retire.  It's actually pretty smart when you think about it.\nHe's at his peak and that is what he will be remembered for, instead of ending up a back-up 5 years from now.\n\nIt makes him all the better this year though because he is going to play his heart out.