Björn Borg is the best junior tennis player in the world today. The play of this Swedish boy, aged 16, has been one bright spot in the wettest and most soul-destroying French tennis championships in memory. Yesterday, Borg went out in his rain-interrupted men’s singles quarter-final against Adriano Panatta, but left in his wake an impressive list of victims.
Björn holds the Orange Bowl Cup, played in Florida, and is generally accepted as the Under-18 world champion: he won the junior invitation event at Wimbledon, beating Buster Mottram in a three-set final last year, and he has played the Davis Cup for Sweden since he was 15.