Rome, 18 September (LaPresse) – ‘Sinner already has an excellent team and a solid family. He is serious, determined, fierce, he will win more Slams, I don't see any dangers, except for the misfortune of having some injuries. But you also have Musetti's magnificent backhand, Cobolli's depth, Italian tennis has a lot to offer’. So said Bjorn Borg in an interview with La Repubblica, released on the occasion of his autobiography “Battiti” (Rizzoli), in which he also recounts the excesses and dramas of his life and career, including drug use. Once, he says, Loredana Bertè (his ex-wife) saved his life. "Yes, I owe her my life. She found me unconscious in bed, called an ambulance, and at the hospital they pumped my stomach. I was hanging out with the wrong people, passively accepting everything, I was in a mess,‘ he says. Loredana, he adds, ’wanted a child, which was understandable, she was six years older than me, I even deposited a sperm sample for insemination. But to save myself, I had to escape from her and that environment. I moved to London and started training again. When I remarried, she reported me for bigamy, and her accusation prevented me from returning to Italy. In any case, I never wanted to set foot in Milan again."
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