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John McEnroe swept confidently past Bjorn Borg in four sets yesterday to take his third straight United States Open championship and establish himself as the undisputed king of men's tennis...
...feisty New Yorker consistently intimidated his opponent with a variety of powerful groundstrokes and volleys and often kept Borg pinned to the baseline in the 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 victory...
Neither player was at the top of his game, but Borg seemed particularly confused by McEnroe's forceful approach shots and crushing net attack. The Swede, who had won five consecutive Wimbledon titles until McEnroe took that championship from him this summer, failed to follow his serve to net and frequently passed up opportunities to attack during sharp backcourt exchanges...
...pattern of the match became apparent even as Borg took the first set. Leading 5-3, he had three set points on McEnroe's serve but played tentatively and failed to win any of them. Though he closed out the set at 6-4, Borg continued to allow his opponent to maneuver him around the court and fell behind quickly in the second...
...routine life, though today the distinction is often blurred. Star-struck by the endless celebrity parade, a growing number of ordinary people stage self-dramatizations in public places. But are the pseudo John Travolta, roller-discoing among the pedestrians, and the orthodontist attending the U.S. Open dressed like Bjorn Borg intentionally ironic or deadly serious...