1.
TV Laver serving from far end, rally, Laver outs
0.16

2.
SV Photographers
0.19

3.
GV Borg, now far end, serves, rally, Laver up to net, but Borg saves an incredible series of smashes
0.42

4.
GV Crowd applauds
0.43

5.
GV Alexander in black shirt serves, Ashe returns but loses point
1.01

6.
SV Spectators
1.02

7.
GV Ashe serving, rally, Alexander wins point
1.17



Initials BB/1910 TH/PN/BB/1925


SPORT: TENNIS
TELERECORDING

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Background: The hopes of veteran Australian Rod Laver of winning the one major title that has always evaded him, the World Championship Tennis finals, ended in a marathon four-hour struggle with young Bjorn Borg of Sweden in Dallas on Friday (9 May).

Borg won a fine, pulsating semi-final 7-6, 3-6, 5-7, 7-6, 6-2. After the game, 36-year-old Laver announced his semi-retirement, saying that he found the four-month World Championship circuit too exhausting.

In the other semi-final, Arthur Ashe of the United States had an easier passage against another Australian, John Alexander. Ashe won 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4. Borg and Ashe contest the final, and the GBP20,000 first prize that goes with it, today (11 May).