Borg victorious
NZPA Monte Carlo Bjorn Borg of Sweden demolished the American, Vitas Gerulaitis, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3, to win the Monte Carlo Grand Prix tennis tournament, the first big event on the European clay court calendar. Borg was in his mast ir-
> repressible form, losing his . concentration only once in the final set, after he had ’ taken a 4-0 lead. > Gerulaitis managed to . break service and fought i back to trail by 5-3. But t then Borg produced a thunderous service game to wrap ■ up the match.
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Press, 17 April 1979, Page 30
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