Young achievers
Bjorn Borg
Sweden is known to have given the world quite a few tennis stars. But it was one man that started the tennis revolution in the Scandinavian country.
His name is Bjorn Borg, one of the greatest racquet artists the world has seen.
Tennis is rife with prodigies who have gone on to the stardom they seemed destined to. But when Borg came around, 'teenage phenomenon' had not yet become as everyday a phrase in tennis as it is now.
In 1972, Borg became one of the youngest players ever to play for his country in the Davis Cup. The 15-year-old won his debut singles match in five sets against the battle hardened Onny Parun of New Zealand.
The same year, Borg won the Wimbledon junior singles title. Two years later, he won the French Open, coming back from two sets down, and became the youngest player (till then) to emerge victorious at Roland Garros. The first of his 11 singles Grand Slam titles.
In 1975, still a teenager, Borg powered Sweden to their first Davis Cup victory.
He played for just eight years, but Bjorn Borg's legacy carries on with every Swede taking up the tennis racquet.