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Bjorn again

Borg’s appearance in town rekindles Swede memories

Harvard player Alexei Chijoff-Evans was taught a lesson — in tennis — by legend Bjorn Borg at Murr Center. Harvard player Alexei Chijoff-Evans was taught a lesson — in tennis — by legend Bjorn Borg at Murr Center. (Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff)
By Stan Grossfeld
Globe Staff / April 29, 2010

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Tennis great Bjorn Borg taught at Harvard yesterday, but not in the classroom. The 11-time Grand Slam champion schooled the Crimson’s Alexei Chijoff-Evans, a talented 21-year-old junior whom Borg ran nonstop for nearly an hour on the court at Murr Center. Borg, still lean but now gray at 53, barely broke a sweat, displaying an array of forehands, backhands, and ... (Full article: 1403 words)

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