Jones of the Nile

Monday, June 11, 2007

Yes, even this is more interesting than yesterday's French Open

Given that 11 American men were eliminated in the first week of the French Open, there's gotta be something to liven up the sport of tennis for us Yankees. Could this be the answer?

Bjorn Borg bitten during dogfight

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) -- A severe dog bite has forced Bjorn Borg to pull out of his first grass-court match in 26 years.

The five-time Wimbledon champion was bitten on his right leg by a German shepherd called Wolf when he tried to pull the dog away from his golden retriever, Lipton, at his home in Sweden over the weekend.

Borg, who received medical treatment at a Stockholm hospital, was told not to put any weight on the leg for at least six weeks.

He had been scheduled to play 1987 Wimbledon champion Pat Cash at the Liverpool International tournament this week.

It would have been his first grass-court match since losing to John McEnroe in the 1981 Wimbledon final.

"I'm so disappointed that I cannot play at Liverpool," Borg said on the tournament's Web site. "I've been really looking forward to this event and have been practicing hard for four months to get ready."


So he was bitten by a dog named Wolf, trying to save his dog named Lipton. If only there was a third dog named Salada lurking in the mix...

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