Bjorn Borg: Story Of Drug Overdoses & Quitting Tennis In His 20S

2025-09-19 06:09:19

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer)
Bjorn Borg. Image via social media

New York- Bjorn Borg starts his new memoir,“Heartbeats,” with a story about being rushed to a Dutch hospital in the 1990s after overdosing on“alcohol, drugs, pills - my preferred ways of self-medication,” and the Swedish tennis great closes it by revealing that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

“It's good,” Borg, 69, said in a recent video interview with The Associated Press from his home in Stockholm,“to have a good beginning and a good ending.”

In between, the 292-page book, which will be released in the United States by Diversion Books on Sept. 23, contains revelations about his love life, various adventures and regrets, and the 11-time Grand Slam champion's detailed recollections of particular matches.

Björn Borg quit tennis at age 25 because he stopped caring when he lostFamously private, Borg kept a lot to himself during his days on tour - as well as since he surprisingly retired in his 20s.

He brings readers back to when, having lost the 1981 Wimbledon and U.S. Open finals to rival John McEnroe, Borg realized he was done.

“All I could think was how miserable my life had become,” he writes.

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