"Bjorn Borg Vs John McEnroe" - Wimbledon 1980

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The 1980 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the gentlemen's singles tournament at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships.

The match was eagerly awaited as not only was it a clash between the top two seeds, it was also viewed as a meeting of opposites:

Borg was the Iceman, a ruthless baseliner who used his racket to probe other players' weaknesses like a surgeon wielding a scalpel. McEnroe was the Brat, a modern genius in the old-fashioned craft of serve and volley, who often gave the impression that his real opponent was the umpire, or himself, or anyone other than the person standing on the other side of the net.

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