Borg vs McEnroe (2017) - full transcript
The story of the 1980s tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe.
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[crowd cheering]
[chair umpire]
Quiet, please. Quiet, please.
[TV announcer] There it is,
the cathedral of tennis,
Centre Court, Wimbledon.
And the two top players
in the world,
Björn Borg and John McEnroe,
are about to come out.
[British commentator]
It's the perfect rivalry.
The baseline player
and the net rusher.
[man]
Ice Borg versus SuperBrat.
[TV announcer] Björn Borg,
four championships in a row,
aiming for a fifth.
[TV announcer]
Björn Borg has broken McEnroe!
McEnroe again says no!
It's dead even!
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Borg! Borg! Borg!
Borg! Borg! Borg! Borg! Borg!
- Borg! Borg!
- [chair umpire] Quiet, please.
Final set, Borg serving.
[speaking Swedish]
[man speaking Swedish,
laughing]
[man]
[speaks Swedish]
- [men chattering]
- Good luck at Wimbledon.
- Thank you.
- Björn.
- Make sure you bring home the trophy now, huh?
- Do my best.
[speaking French]
[speaking French]
Yeah, sure.
Here you go.
[French]
- You selling these?
- Björn! Björn!
[screaming]
Björn! Björn! Björn!
[car horn honking]
[girls shrieking]
[speaking French]
Uh, sorry.
Don't... Don't speak French.
[stammers]
Un café s'il vous plaît?
- Un café?
- Café.
[machine humming]
[French]
Merci.
Do you speak English?
- Little.
- A little. Uh...
Uh, can I come in
with the money later?
'Cause I left my wallet
in the car.
No, no, no, no, no.
- No?
- No.
Okay?
It's, uh... It's everything.
- Thank you. I am Amidou.
- Thank you.
Uh, my name is, uh, Rune.
- [chuckles] Rune?
- Rune.
Rune. It's, uh...
- Rune. [laughs]
- Swedish.
Rune.
[laughing]
What you do?
Uh, I-I wo... Uh...
I work as a...
an, uh, electrician.
Yes.
[chuckles] Merci.
You like electric?
Yes, it's...
Yeah, it's, uh...
It's a very good job.
It's a normal job.
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
- [speakers: hard rock]
- [linesman] Out.
- Fuck!
- How?
That is a break point.
Get down and look at it!
- [crowd booing]
- Shut the fuck up!
[chattering] ...and you don't
think that my dad's gonna...
- That's on you, my man. That's not on me.
- [crowd booing]
I don't give a shit
about crap like you.
[jeering]
- This is out, this is in!
- Fuck!
- Fuck you!
- I have to ask that you resume playing, Mr. McEnroe.
Fuck! There's not been any mistakes
officiating the lines today at all?
- Answer the question.
- [chair umpire] Time!
The question, jerk-off!
Answer the question!
- [audience laughing]
- [hard rock continues]
- Stopping? I'm stopping play?
- The man The New York Times described as being
the worst representative of
American values since Al Capone.
- [audience laughs]
- Ladies and gentlemen,
John McEnroe.
[applause, cheering]
[man] ♪ Freedom ♪
♪ Driving in the fast lane ♪
So, John, uh, you upset
anybody out in the wings yet?
- No, not that I know of. Not yet.
- [audience laughs]
You know, I like you, John.
You're great.
- And, um, in three days...
- Three days.
- you're going to London to play Wimbledon.
- Yep.
[audience]
Yeah! Yeah!
And everyone's talking about
Björn Borg's chance
to win his fifth straight title
and make tennis history.
Now, apparently, the only thing standing
between Borg and that record is you.
- Mm-hmm.
- [cheering, applause]
Well, here's what, uh, they're
saying over in London,
- where you're hardly making any friends.
- [audience booing]
John, I gotta ask you. What is it
that you've done to the Brits?
Yeah, I don't know. It's just
such a different place, you know?
It's a different culture and they have
warm beer and it's just a different thing.
Have you got a plan to
get them to stop booing?
I plan to go in there
and play my game,
and if I beat Borg in the finals, it's
very hard to boo me if I'm number one.
- So...
- [cheering, applause]
[clamoring]
- Can you make a charge, stop McEnroe?
- They say McEnroe...
[reporters all speaking at once]
[girl] I love you, Björn!
- [speaking Swedish]
- Björn, I love you!
[reporter] How do you
feel about John McEnroe?
Well, here's what
the press here is saying.
[audience laughing]
I can be anybody's
nightmare though, you know.
But I guess I wouldn't be exaggerating
if I were to say that you and Borg
are as different as two people
could possibly be.
You keep going back to Borg. Is he
backstage? Is he gonna jump out of a cake?
[laughter, applause]
Feel like we keep talking
about him. You know, I'm here.
I'm working interviews.
Here we are.
It's just that Borg is often
described as being pure perfection
and, uh, zero emotion.
Do you think
he ever loses it?
I don't know.
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
You're gonna spend the whole fucking
interview talking about Borg?
You said we were gonna talk about the future
of tennis. Now you're gonna bullshit me?
That's so fucked up.
Every fucking time, man.
Fuck this stupid shit!
- They promised, Dad. This is pointless, man.
- You did fine.
- You did fine. That's everything.
- Every fucking time!
[British commentator] Two days to go, Arthur,
and everybody's talking about Björn Borg,
the Swede who, at only 24, could make
history by winning his fifth Wimbledon.
Can McEnroe pull Borg
from his throne, Arthur?
[Ashe] Borg will be playing under
a tremendous amount of pressure.
Everyone expects him to win.
McEnroe, on the other hand,
he is the perfect underdog.
[man] You've played them both.
Who's the toughest opponent?
[Ashe]
McEnroe is the bigger talent,
but playing Borg is like
being hit by a sledgehammer.
But if Borg is a sledgehammer, I'd
say that McEnroe is a stiletto.
A slash here, a slice there, and
suddenly you're covered in blood
even though none of the wounds are
particularly deep, and then...
then you bleed to death.
6,000. 6,000!
[girl]
Björn! We love you!
[fans shouting]
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
[reporter] So I hadn't seen you
since the opening.
[chattering]
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Borg
will be here in a moment.
Any questions
for the other players?
- Did he win already?
- [reporters laughing]
[reporter] Mr. Borg,
the Daily Mail.
[reporters clamoring]
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
Mr. Borg, how does it feel knowing you'll
make history if you win your fifth Wimbledon?
No special feelings.
- Björn! Björn!
- Mr. Borg!
[reporters clamoring]
[shutters clicking]
[girls screaming]
[girls] Björn! Björn!
[man] This is for
the fall of '82.
It's two years away, so you don't
need to think about it now,
but just so you know,
we're aiming mostly for Asia.
Exhibition tournaments
in Japan, South Korea,
Hong Kong, maybe China,
and then South Africa.
But I think we said no
to South Africa.
It's a million dollars.
For one match.
Yes, but it's also
supporting apartheid.
[speaking Swedish]
[Swedish]
[knocking]
[speaking English]
Put here.
Thank you.
Soon you're gonna need another
room for all those wedding gifts.
We've had an offer from the Daily Mail
for the photo rights for your wedding.
- What was the other offer, Andy?
- Uh, the Post.
[Andy] 200.
Oh, no, we decided on
a private wedding.
[man] Well, that's exactly why
you should sell the rights.
Otherwise you're gonna have 50
paparazzi hiding in the bushes.
[speaking Swedish]
We've got some, uh...
[speaking Swedish]
[man] ♪ I hear the big beat ♪
♪ All through the town ♪
♪ I want the big beat ♪
♪ I get around ♪
♪ There's no time
For hesitation ♪
[music stops]
Calder.
Hey, can I make a request?
Do you have any
black felt-tip markers?
Like a Sharpie and a big
80-by-80 piece of paper?
Like a board?
Like a poster?
Can you send up
the markers then?
Okay, thank you.
[line ringing]
- [woman on phone] McEnroe residence.
- Hey. Hi, Mom.
Is Dad there?
No, he's at proceedings
with a client.
- Do you know when he's gonna be back?
- After lunch.
- Whenever that is.
- [Mom scoffs]
Well, then can he call me
after the client thing?
- Why do you need to talk to him?
- Because it's important.
- Okay.
- Why else...
[Mom groans]
Now don't-don't be angry.
I'm not.
- You are sounding...
- No, I just don't want to...
I don't want to have this with you,
you know? There's a lot going on.
There's a lot going on here too.
[speaking Swedish]
[tapping tennis strings]
[Swedish]
- [shouts]
- [spectators applaud]
[speaking Swedish]
[Borg shouts]
[Borg shouts]
[sighs]
[speaking Swedish]
[mother speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
Ah!
[woman speaks
Swedish]
[people chattering,
laughing]
Mmm...
Ja.
Hmm.
Hmm.
Björn?
Nej.
Nej.
[chuckles]
[Bergelin speaking Swedish]
[birds chirping]
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
- [chair umpire] Love-15.
- [applause]
[applause]
[chair umpire on TV]
40-love.
[TV announcer]
Björn Borg, world number one,
is having
an unexpectedly hard time
against the unseeded Egyptian
El Shafei.
[knocking]
No, thank you.
[knocking]
I said no, thank you.
I said it twi... Oh, Pete.
- Oh, my God.
- [laughing]
[McEnroe laughing]
You motherfucker.
- You good?
- Yeah. Look.
There it is.
[Pete laughs]
Basically, you win all your matches,
we see each other in the quarters,
and I got Connors in the
semi, Borg in the final.
- [Pete] How long this take you?
- About an hour or so.
- You got your wallet?
- Yep.
I gotta
get out of here, man.
- How's your foot?
- It's better.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, I got this ankle support.
- It's, uh... It's working.
- Good.
See how it goes? Cut here.
Yeah. Okay.
- Then we meet here.
- Yeah. You're gonna go this way.
- Okay.
- And that's us here.
You stop there. [laughing]
And the rest of this shit goes.
You're that sure
you're gonna beat me?
- Oh, fuck yeah.
- Yeah?
[laughing]
[TV reporter] Any comments on
your performance today, Mr. Borg?
Well, he played
very, very good, and, uh,
I beat him in the end, but,
uh, it's, uh... it was not easy.
But I'm looking forward
to the next game.
[TV reporter] So, tougher
than you thought out there.
It took time to feel
the surface,
but then after a while,
I played my tennis.
You know how many times
I've tried to do this,
go into a match
and just been, like,
no emotion, all order,
just be Borg.
This is impossible.
This is not...
- This isn't human. He's like...
- [Gerulaitis] Yo!
- Hey.
- Where you guys been? I been looking for you.
- Just here. Yeah.
- How ya doin'? How ya doin'?
Cool. Want a drink?
- Peter.
- Good to see you.
I got a car waiting for us.
Let's go.
- No, I gotta see Jennie.
- Peter.
- [Pete] Sorry.
- All right. Here we go.
- Come on.
- Send my love to Jennie. Come on, ladies.
- Let's go. Let's go.
- Yeah.
Come on. Keep up.
Come on.
It's like my second home.
I love this place.
Honestly.
Everybody's so good here.
- Good people here. Hey.
- Hey, Vitas.
- How you doing? How you doing, man?
- Good to see you.
Hey, hey!
[woman]
Hey! Whoo!
Oh! [shouting]
Hit me
in the fucking head!
- [McEnroe] Hey, are you watching the matches?
- Ahhh!
- You watch the Borg match? Did you see what I'm seeing?
- Yeah.
You see him get slower?
Like much, much slower?
- [scoffs]
- Because he's out of shape?
You'll understand someday,
all right?
Explain it.
Look. You got
four Wimbledon titles.
All right?
It's a lot of pressure.
Everybody wants to beat Björn.
Everybody wants something from Björn.
It makes you the loneliest fucking
guy on the planet, you know?
Mmm.
That's good shit. Um, look.
This is... This is Eve, and this
is Eve, and they're Brits.
They're beautiful fucking ladies. They want
to meet you, they want to party with you.
They fucking love you, and I just...
I can't talk about tennis here.
Look at these titties, right? What the
fuck? What more do you want, John?
[laughing]
- But look. You wanna know what Björn's doing right now?
- Yes.
He's in bed.
His room is cold as fuck because he wants
his pulse below 50 beats a minute.
- [McEnroe] That's a rumor.
- It's not. He's got all these superstitions.
- Rituals.
- Cut the shit and say the stuff I want to fucking hear.
This year, his parents aren't
allowed to come. All right?
He only lets them come
every second year,
and when they do, they gotta wear the
same clothes throughout the tournament.
- Get the fuck outta here.
- Yeah, right?
Every year he trains on the same
court, he rents the same hotel,
he rents the same car,
he sleeps in the same room.
His coach always brings
50 rackets strung tight as fuck,
and every night before the match,
they meet in Lennart's room,
going over all the rackets, organizing
everything according to tension and key.
It's like a fucking religion.
Mariana, his girlfriend,
she takes care of his bag.
Same meticulous order.
Everything exact.
What is that?
When he gets to the arena,
takes the same chair
and two towels.
Not one. Not three. Two.
And he never treads
on the baseline.
- [McEnroe] Why?
- 'Cause that means bad luck.
They say he's an iceberg. Really he's a
volcano keeping it all in until boom.
[grunts]
[grunting]
[grunts]
A bit shorter, huh?
That geography test.
What happened there?
I got a 96 out of a hundred.
What about
the other four?
I got the top of my class.
How many kids
in your class, John?
Thirty.
The real world outside of school
is a lot bigger than 30 people.
Right?
[sighs]
Tennis making you
lose focus?
[pigeons cooing]
[wings flapping]
Oh, come on.
Is somebody gonna do something
about the pigeons? I mean...
- [crowd jeering]
- You don't hear that?
- [booing]
- On the roof. You don't hear that? On the roof.
- Nothing will be done about any pigeons...
- Of course not.
- during this match, Mr. McEnroe.
- Fuck it.
- [man] Go, Mac!
- [crowd jeering]
- Pigeons are ruining my focus! Don't you get it?
- [woman shouts]
- I have to ask you to continue playing, Mr. McEnroe.
- Shut up. Shut up.
- [man] Come on, Big Mac!
- [booing continues]
- Shh!
- [booing subsides]
- [McEnroe grunts]
- [chair umpire] 15-love.
[applause]
- [crowd whistling]
- Why don't you light off fireworks
while I'm doing this?
Light off fireworks
while I'm serving, okay?
Whistle a fucking song
or something.
Boo!
- [booing]
- [chair umpire] Quiet, please.
Thank-Thank you. Thank you.
- [spectator whistles]
- Come on. Shut the fuck up!
New ball. Give me another ball.
[Mariana speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
[chair umpire] 30-love.
[Bergelin speaking Swedish]
[grunts]
[speaking Swedish]
[McEnroe jabbering]
My father's
gonna appeal it anyway.
But congrats on staying awake
for the whole match today, boss.
Lighten up, junior. You won.
Come on. Give us a smile.
- Shut the fuck up.
- Fuck you.
[applauding]
[chair umpire]
Love-40.
[thunder rumbling]
[door closes]
[speaking Swedish]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[Bergelin speaking Swedish]
[grunts]
[grunts]
[speaking Swedish]
[Mariana speaking Swedish]
[Mariana]
[Mariana speaking Swedish]
[racket striking ball]
[applause, cheering]
[British commentator] So, Arthur,
what must Björn Borg be thinking
after this sensational
demonstration?
[Ashe] Well, if McEnroe
can maintain this form,
- we may very well have a new champion.
- [TV off]
[Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
[knocking]
[door opens]
[Bergelin sighs]
[speaking Swedish]
[door closes]
[Swedish]
[retches, coughs, spits]
[water splashes]
[Bergelin speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
- [screaming]
- [man] The world of tennis
has never before
seen anything quite like this.
[man] ♪ Fee, fi, fo, fum ♪
- ♪ I'm looking down the barrel Of the devil's gun ♪
- Hey, Borg!
♪ I said nowhere to run ♪
[Gerulaitis] Hey, pal, how ya doin'?
Want a bottle of champagne?
- Sure.
- Yeah? Far out.
Let's get some champagne
over here.
♪ Fo, fum We're looking down the
barrel Of the devil's gun ♪
♪ Nowhere to run ♪
♪ We gotta make the stand
Against the devil's gun ♪
- ♪ Better make a move now ♪
- ♪ Well, well ♪
♪ You know there ain't
No time to lose now ♪
♪ Oh, well
The finger's on the trigger ♪
♪ He's waiting to deliver ♪
♪ Can we ever figure out a way
To make the people shout? ♪
[speaking Swedish]
- [stereo: swing]
- [people chattering, laughing]
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
Now...
Tom, multiply two numbers.
- Any two numbers?
- Yes.
Thirty-two times 14.
- 448.
- [chuckles] Now, now.
- You gotta make him sweat.
- [woman laughs]
122 times 46.
5,612.
Okay.
66,322 times 2,198.
You can dance
to Debbie Harry?
- You're like 57 years old.
- Honestly.
- The fuck do you care about my generation?
- Hey, guys.
- Hey. Hey, Pete. How you doing?
- Yeah, pretty excited.
So, uh, it's you and me.
John?
You ready?
- See you out there.
- See you, John.
Seriously?
[toilet flushing]
[door closes]
You still
not talking to me?
Where's my ankle support?
The fuck?
Come on, John.
John, give me
the ankle support.
- John.
- [knocking]
[man] If you gentlemen
would like to come this way?
- [spectators applauding]
- [chair umpire] 40-15.
[announcer] John McEnroe is slaughtering
fellow countryman Peter Fleming.
[spectators cheering]
I didn't take your
ankle thing, you know?
I really didn't, Pete. That's not
something I would do. Why...
- Fuck you, John.
- Fuck me, fuck me. Fine.
Fuck me. Who cares?
Fuck me. Fine.
Look, I fucking told you, man.
I fucking told you. Didn't I?
- Fuck the ankle support, okay?
- Are you done?
Sit down.
Hey. Are we good?
I'm gonna
say this once.
You're going to
win Wimbledon.
If not this year, then it's
only a matter of time.
You're going to
be number one.
- [scoffs]
- I know it.
Okay.
But you will never be remembered as
one of the greats. You know why?
John, look at me.
'Cause nobody likes you.
Not one kid out there wants to be
like Johnny Mac when he grows up.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
You know, in 20 years, the only
thing people are gonna say is,
"Hey, what was the name of that crazy
guy that always yelled at the umpire?"
You fucked up my game.
I'm your friend.
[door slams]
[whispering]
Say sorry. Fuck him.
[woman] John McEnroe?
Hi, John.
How are you?
You think maybe we could ask the receptionist
not to yell out my name like that
every time
I come in here?
- Weren't you the only one out there?
- I'm the only one out there.
It makes me feel uncomfortable,
she yells my name out like that.
- I walk in here edgy.
- Okay.
- Well, we don't want you edgy.
- Okay.
- We want you to feel comfortable.
- Thank you.
No problem.
John, you mentioned
defensive.
It's your move, Dad.
How's the back?
It's the same.
He's already seen a lefty
before he got here.
I mean, it's... it's not
even a surprise, you know?
But he hasn't seen you.
We win.
- [bell dings]
- This way, please.
[chattering]
- Can we touch it?
- Yeah.
We push a button now, we can get
billboards out before the final.
Isn't this a bit simplistic? Shouldn't
we see another side of John?
What we are seeing
right now is unique.
Tennis players
are like rock stars.
The tabloids are having
a field day with him,
but this rivalry
between Borg and John
is forcing people to ask
themselves, "Who am I?
The gentleman or the rebel?"
[announcer] It's a beautiful morning here
at Wimbledon for the men's semifinals.
[cheering]
Björn Borg is up against
the American, Brian Gottfried.
And in a second semifinal,
a clash between two of the most
controversial figures of tennis today,
John McEnroe and fellow
countryman Jimmy Connors.
First serve,
Wimbledon semifinal.
[chair umpire] Love-15.
[spectators groan]
15-40.
Game and second set to Gottfried.
One set all.
[announcer] Björn Borg is having
a tough time against Gottfried.
Unexpectedly tough.
[spectators booing]
[announcer]
Listen to those jeers.
I can't remember a single Wimbledon match
where the crowd has made this much noise.
Out.
- Out.
- Wha...
Excuse me?
[chair umpire] It wasn't on this
side of the line, Mr. McEnroe.
- The chalk flew up.
- The ball has been ruled out.
- Excuse me?
- It was a good call. It was a bit of a scramble.
You can't be serious.
You cannot be serious!
The ball was on the line!
Chalk flew up all over, man!
- [spectators booing]
- Chalk flew up! He saw it.
That's why he's walking all over it.
Everyone saw it was in.
You cannot possibly
call that out.
I'm going to issue you a warning for
unsportsmanlike behavior, Mr. McEnroe.
- [cheering]
- Borg isn't playing any great tennis,
but it's enough to beat
the unseeded American Gottfried.
Congratulations
on reaching the finals.
So it's either Jimmy Connors or
John McEnroe that awaits you now.
How do you respond to McEnroe's
comment from before the tournament
that Borg, the machine,
will soon break down?
I... I'm just like, uh,
anybody else.
I'm not a machine.
[reporter]
Just one more word!
You guys are the pits
of the world.
You keep your mouth shut.
Keep your mouth shut.
Why don't you stay on your side?
No one's talking to you.
- I'm talking to you.
- Shut the fuck up. No one's talking to you.
[booing]
Fuckin' asshole.
Yeah, I'm so fucking disgusting.
Go home then!
- [woman] Play some tennis!
- Shut the fuck up!
Go play tennis by yourself.
John, congratulations
on your victory today.
- What do you have to say about your behavior?
- Can we talk about my tennis?
Are you worried about the
reputation you've gained over here?
People are talking more about
your behavior than your tennis.
You're certainly talking more
about my behavior than my tennis.
- Do you think it's valid?
- No.
[man] But do you have
any regrets about your behavior?
I mean, I regret I gotta sit here and
talk to you. That's all I regret.
Do you expect anyone to root for
you in the final against Borg?
Look, I get that, uh,
you got your hero.
Your gentleman, Borg,
and you need a villain.
- Do you think you'll be able to keep your temper?
- Let's talk about tennis.
Does anybody have
tennis questions?
Do you enjoy being a villain?
Do you feel it helps you?
- You think you'll keep your temper?
- Shut the fuck up, man.
- Are you watching the matches?
- Yes, I'm watching the matches.
You don't understand what the
fuck it takes to play tennis.
Do you know I go up there, I
give everything for this game?
Everything. Everything in me gets
left out on that fucking court.
And none of you understand
because none of you do it.
[woman speaks Swedish]
How was the flight?
You look great.
- This is the crew from Argentina.
- [speaking Spanish]
- Björn.
- [Spanish continues]
[man speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
I can't remember
which door.
Well, can't you just pick one?
They all look alike.
No, it has to be
the right one.
[camera shutter clicks]
Wait. Wait, please.
Wait with the camera.
- Björn, I don't really think it's all that important.
- It's very important.
- [woman speaks Spanish]
- [speaks Swedish]
[Rune speaking Swedish]
[door opens]
[inhales]
[exhales]
[sniffles]
[chattering]
Five minutes,
gentlemen.
[man speaking Swedish]
- Turn down the volume on McEnroe, Mike.
- What?
- But they switch sides all the time.
- That's an order from the top.
[speaking various languages]
It's the perfect rivalry...
the baseline player
and the net rusher.
[speaking German]
[speaking Swedish]
Ice Borg versus SuperBrat.
15,000 spectators.
Hundreds of millions at home
by their TV's.
[speaking French]
[man] Gentlemen.
- [British announcer] First out is McEnroe.
- [whistling, booing]
The crowd is booing him.
That's a first
in a Wimbledon final.
[announcer speaking Swedish]
[American announcer] There he is...
Björn Borg, the emperor.
This court belongs to him.
The final we've all
been waiting for.
Borg, a legend
in his own lifetime.
Tremendous pressure
on him today.
He's won it four times,
but the fifth time, I'm sure,
will be even harder.
[chair umpire]
Quiet, please. Quiet, please.
McEnroe to serve.
Ready? Play.
15-love.
[American announcer] There's the talent
in McEnroe in the opening point.
[announcer speaking Swedish]
- [spectators applauding]
- 40-love.
- [spectators cheering]
- And there's Borg's blistering return of serve.
40-15.
- Game to McEnroe.
- First game of the match goes to McEnroe.
McEnroe's serve and volley
decides the first game.
[linesman] Out.
[American announcer]
McEnroe takes the game!
What a fantastic start
for McEnroe.
[chair umpire]
McEnroe to serve.
- [spectators groan]
- Game, McEnroe.
[British announcer] Borg really having
difficulty with McEnroe's left-handed serve.
[American announcer] Like
trying to catch hummingbirds.
Borg looks shell-shocked.
[British announcer] McEnroe is humiliating
Borg, and he's making him look slow.
[speaking German]
[speaking Swedish]
[chair umpire] Game and first set
to McEnroe, six games to one.
[American announcer]
Björn Borg is in trouble.
Trouble in Sweden.
[chair umpire]
New balls, please.
- Time.
- [spectators applauding]
Second set, Borg to serve.
- [man] Come on, Björn!
- [chair umpire] Quiet, please.
- [announcer] Point Borg! An unbelievable serve.
- [spectators cheering]
[British announcer]
That's the Borg we know.
- [linesman] Out.
- [chair umpire] Game to Borg.
We're seeing a completely
different Borg in the second set.
[American announcer]
There it is!
Björn Borg takes himself
to set point.
[spectators cheering]
[cheering]
[chair umpire]
Game and second set to Borg,
seven games to five.
[American announcer] This is
exactly what Björn Borg wants.
And McEnroe seems out of touch.
[British announcer] It's a big momentum raiser
when you come from behind like Borg has done,
and it tends to undermine
your opponent's confidence.
[spectators cheering]
40-15.
[British announcer]
So that's Borg, two set points.
- Out!
- Game and third set to Borg.
[American announcer] And there it is...
Björn Borg wins the third set,
and he leads two sets to one.
[British announcer] So, there's
going to be a fourth set now.
If Borg wins it, he can call himself
five-time Wimbledon champion.
[spectators cheering]
- Fault!
- [American announcer] Fault called.
I thought it was good.
McEnroe thought it was good.
30-40.
- Fuck.
- Second double fault.
[speaking German]
[linesman] Out.
Out.
[British announcer] I believe the
umpire's wrong about that call.
How will McEnroe react to this?
30-15.
[woman] Let's go, John!
[chair umpire] Time.
It's all right.
It's a great match.
Just play your tennis.
[American announcer]
Ace, McEnroe!
[British announcer] McEnroe's getting
stronger as the set goes on.
[American announcer] McEnroe has the game.
A 3-2 lead in the fourth set.
- Just out.
- Come on, John.
[American announcer] The pressure
is now all on the Swede.
- [spectators cheering]
- Game to Borg.
[American announcer]
He has the game. Five-all.
It's out.
Björn Borg is in the lead.
And ace for Borg.
He can almost taste
the championship now.
[American announcer] So here
it is, championship point.
Quiet, please.
[cheering]
Oh, no, fault called.
Quiet, please.
Second serve.
[American announcer]
He saves the first match point.
Second championship
point for Borg.
[grunts]
Borg's got to try not to think
about those lost match points now.
[American announcer]
McEnroe!
Break point for John McEnroe.
[chair umpire]
Quiet, please.
- Quiet, please.
- [British announcer] What a moment this is for Borg.
He stands to serve,
having lost two match points.
McEnroe is back in the match, now
with a chance to make it even.
[spectators cheering]
[American announcer] John McEnroe
has snatched it away from Borg
just like that!
[chair umpire] Six games all.
Tiebreak now comes into operation.
No men's final has ever
ended in a tiebreaker.
[American announcer] Björn Borg has taken
himself to another championship point.
[American announcer] McEnroe says
no once again. What determination!
[British announcer]
There's the greatness of Borg.
Just one fleeting opportunity,
and it's through like a rapier.
Championship point number four.
[American announcer]
Oh, John McEnroe!
He has ripped four match points
from Björn Borg!
[American announcer]
He has set point.
Now McEnroe has the chance to turn
this whole thing upside down.
Ball.
[British announcer] If either
man took any more punishment,
if this were a heavyweight boxing
match, they'd stop the fight.
If Borg wins this point, the roof
will blow off the Centre Court.
[man] Come on, Björn!
Quiet, please.
[American announcer] Borg got so
close, but McEnroe just won't give in.
Both men have looked down the barrel of
the gun and they're both still alive.
[British announcer] I don't think
I've ever seen a tiebreak like this.
[American announcer]
McEnroe again says no!
[various announcers overlapping]
[British announcer]
Set point for McEnroe.
[spectators groan]
[American announcer]
The linesman calls it out!
[chair umpire] 15-all.
[British announcer]
I can't believe it.
The score is 15-all.
Yes!
- [cheering]
- Yes!
[American announcer]
It's dead even!
- Come on!
- [American announcer] Incredible!
McEnroe wins the tiebreak,
18-16.
Björn Borg has lost
seven match points.
[British announcer]
And what must Borg be thinking?
That elusive fifth championship
almost within his reach,
but stolen away from him
seven times.
[speaking Swedish]
[cheering]
[British announcer] This is
nothing short of unbelievable.
No one can recover after losing seven
match points in a Wimbledon final.
But Borg is playing
like nothing happened.
[American announcer]
And now it's all about heart.
Hearts beating
on either side of the net.
They can hit the ball.
It's up to the hearts.
[spectators cheering]
So once again,
match point, Borg.
[cheering]
[American announcer]
Five times in a row!
Game, set, and championship
to Borg.
[no audible dialogue]
[cheering]
[cheering louder]
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
the runner-up of Wimbledon 1980,
John Patrick McEnroe.
[cheering]
[British announcer]
Here he comes.
Standing ovation for McEnroe,
whose behavior today
was beyond reproach.
[American announcer] John Patrick
McEnroe is not a champion today,
but he has finally won
the hearts of Great Britain.
[British announcer] And Borg, king of
the tennis world, without a doubt.
- [woman] Well played.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Thank you.
[woman] ♪ They go like the
last night Of the sun ♪
♪ All in a blaze ♪
♪ And all you see
Is glory ♪
♪ People lust for fame ♪
[piano accompaniment playing]
♪ Like athletes in a game ♪
♪ They break their collarbones
And come up swinging ♪
♪ Some of them are downed ♪
♪ Some of them are crowned ♪
♪ Some are lost
And never found ♪
♪ But most have seen it all ♪
♪ They live their lives
In sad cafés ♪
♪ And music halls ♪
♪ And they always have a story ♪
♪ Some make it
When they're young ♪
♪ Before the world
Has done its dirty job ♪
♪ And later on
Someone will say ♪
♪ "You've had your day ♪
♪ Now you must make way" ♪
♪ They'll never know the pain
Of living ♪
Oh, shit.
Fuck.
Really...
congratulations.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
- Good match.
- Yeah.
Thought you had me.
Almost. Yeah.
Maybe next year.
- Thanks.
- Yeah, thanks. [chuckles]
You hug people? What's up?
Come on. Here.
- All right, man.
- Safe trip.
[no audible dialogue]
Subtitles by explosiveskull
[crowd cheering]
[chair umpire]
Quiet, please. Quiet, please.
[TV announcer] There it is,
the cathedral of tennis,
Centre Court, Wimbledon.
And the two top players
in the world,
Björn Borg and John McEnroe,
are about to come out.
[British commentator]
It's the perfect rivalry.
The baseline player
and the net rusher.
[man]
Ice Borg versus SuperBrat.
[TV announcer] Björn Borg,
four championships in a row,
aiming for a fifth.
[TV announcer]
Björn Borg has broken McEnroe!
McEnroe again says no!
It's dead even!
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Borg! Borg! Borg!
Borg! Borg! Borg! Borg! Borg!
- Borg! Borg!
- [chair umpire] Quiet, please.
Final set, Borg serving.
[speaking Swedish]
[man speaking Swedish,
laughing]
[man]
[speaks Swedish]
- [men chattering]
- Good luck at Wimbledon.
- Thank you.
- Björn.
- Make sure you bring home the trophy now, huh?
- Do my best.
[speaking French]
[speaking French]
Yeah, sure.
Here you go.
[French]
- You selling these?
- Björn! Björn!
[screaming]
Björn! Björn! Björn!
[car horn honking]
[girls shrieking]
[speaking French]
Uh, sorry.
Don't... Don't speak French.
[stammers]
Un café s'il vous plaît?
- Un café?
- Café.
[machine humming]
[French]
Merci.
Do you speak English?
- Little.
- A little. Uh...
Uh, can I come in
with the money later?
'Cause I left my wallet
in the car.
No, no, no, no, no.
- No?
- No.
Okay?
It's, uh... It's everything.
- Thank you. I am Amidou.
- Thank you.
Uh, my name is, uh, Rune.
- [chuckles] Rune?
- Rune.
Rune. It's, uh...
- Rune. [laughs]
- Swedish.
Rune.
[laughing]
What you do?
Uh, I-I wo... Uh...
I work as a...
an, uh, electrician.
Yes.
[chuckles] Merci.
You like electric?
Yes, it's...
Yeah, it's, uh...
It's a very good job.
It's a normal job.
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
- [speakers: hard rock]
- [linesman] Out.
- Fuck!
- How?
That is a break point.
Get down and look at it!
- [crowd booing]
- Shut the fuck up!
[chattering] ...and you don't
think that my dad's gonna...
- That's on you, my man. That's not on me.
- [crowd booing]
I don't give a shit
about crap like you.
[jeering]
- This is out, this is in!
- Fuck!
- Fuck you!
- I have to ask that you resume playing, Mr. McEnroe.
Fuck! There's not been any mistakes
officiating the lines today at all?
- Answer the question.
- [chair umpire] Time!
The question, jerk-off!
Answer the question!
- [audience laughing]
- [hard rock continues]
- Stopping? I'm stopping play?
- The man The New York Times described as being
the worst representative of
American values since Al Capone.
- [audience laughs]
- Ladies and gentlemen,
John McEnroe.
[applause, cheering]
[man] ♪ Freedom ♪
♪ Driving in the fast lane ♪
So, John, uh, you upset
anybody out in the wings yet?
- No, not that I know of. Not yet.
- [audience laughs]
You know, I like you, John.
You're great.
- And, um, in three days...
- Three days.
- you're going to London to play Wimbledon.
- Yep.
[audience]
Yeah! Yeah!
And everyone's talking about
Björn Borg's chance
to win his fifth straight title
and make tennis history.
Now, apparently, the only thing standing
between Borg and that record is you.
- Mm-hmm.
- [cheering, applause]
Well, here's what, uh, they're
saying over in London,
- where you're hardly making any friends.
- [audience booing]
John, I gotta ask you. What is it
that you've done to the Brits?
Yeah, I don't know. It's just
such a different place, you know?
It's a different culture and they have
warm beer and it's just a different thing.
Have you got a plan to
get them to stop booing?
I plan to go in there
and play my game,
and if I beat Borg in the finals, it's
very hard to boo me if I'm number one.
- So...
- [cheering, applause]
[clamoring]
- Can you make a charge, stop McEnroe?
- They say McEnroe...
[reporters all speaking at once]
[girl] I love you, Björn!
- [speaking Swedish]
- Björn, I love you!
[reporter] How do you
feel about John McEnroe?
Well, here's what
the press here is saying.
[audience laughing]
I can be anybody's
nightmare though, you know.
But I guess I wouldn't be exaggerating
if I were to say that you and Borg
are as different as two people
could possibly be.
You keep going back to Borg. Is he
backstage? Is he gonna jump out of a cake?
[laughter, applause]
Feel like we keep talking
about him. You know, I'm here.
I'm working interviews.
Here we are.
It's just that Borg is often
described as being pure perfection
and, uh, zero emotion.
Do you think
he ever loses it?
I don't know.
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
You're gonna spend the whole fucking
interview talking about Borg?
You said we were gonna talk about the future
of tennis. Now you're gonna bullshit me?
That's so fucked up.
Every fucking time, man.
Fuck this stupid shit!
- They promised, Dad. This is pointless, man.
- You did fine.
- You did fine. That's everything.
- Every fucking time!
[British commentator] Two days to go, Arthur,
and everybody's talking about Björn Borg,
the Swede who, at only 24, could make
history by winning his fifth Wimbledon.
Can McEnroe pull Borg
from his throne, Arthur?
[Ashe] Borg will be playing under
a tremendous amount of pressure.
Everyone expects him to win.
McEnroe, on the other hand,
he is the perfect underdog.
[man] You've played them both.
Who's the toughest opponent?
[Ashe]
McEnroe is the bigger talent,
but playing Borg is like
being hit by a sledgehammer.
But if Borg is a sledgehammer, I'd
say that McEnroe is a stiletto.
A slash here, a slice there, and
suddenly you're covered in blood
even though none of the wounds are
particularly deep, and then...
then you bleed to death.
6,000. 6,000!
[girl]
Björn! We love you!
[fans shouting]
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
[reporter] So I hadn't seen you
since the opening.
[chattering]
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Borg
will be here in a moment.
Any questions
for the other players?
- Did he win already?
- [reporters laughing]
[reporter] Mr. Borg,
the Daily Mail.
[reporters clamoring]
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
Mr. Borg, how does it feel knowing you'll
make history if you win your fifth Wimbledon?
No special feelings.
- Björn! Björn!
- Mr. Borg!
[reporters clamoring]
[shutters clicking]
[girls screaming]
[girls] Björn! Björn!
[man] This is for
the fall of '82.
It's two years away, so you don't
need to think about it now,
but just so you know,
we're aiming mostly for Asia.
Exhibition tournaments
in Japan, South Korea,
Hong Kong, maybe China,
and then South Africa.
But I think we said no
to South Africa.
It's a million dollars.
For one match.
Yes, but it's also
supporting apartheid.
[speaking Swedish]
[Swedish]
[knocking]
[speaking English]
Put here.
Thank you.
Soon you're gonna need another
room for all those wedding gifts.
We've had an offer from the Daily Mail
for the photo rights for your wedding.
- What was the other offer, Andy?
- Uh, the Post.
[Andy] 200.
Oh, no, we decided on
a private wedding.
[man] Well, that's exactly why
you should sell the rights.
Otherwise you're gonna have 50
paparazzi hiding in the bushes.
[speaking Swedish]
We've got some, uh...
[speaking Swedish]
[man] ♪ I hear the big beat ♪
♪ All through the town ♪
♪ I want the big beat ♪
♪ I get around ♪
♪ There's no time
For hesitation ♪
[music stops]
Calder.
Hey, can I make a request?
Do you have any
black felt-tip markers?
Like a Sharpie and a big
80-by-80 piece of paper?
Like a board?
Like a poster?
Can you send up
the markers then?
Okay, thank you.
[line ringing]
- [woman on phone] McEnroe residence.
- Hey. Hi, Mom.
Is Dad there?
No, he's at proceedings
with a client.
- Do you know when he's gonna be back?
- After lunch.
- Whenever that is.
- [Mom scoffs]
Well, then can he call me
after the client thing?
- Why do you need to talk to him?
- Because it's important.
- Okay.
- Why else...
[Mom groans]
Now don't-don't be angry.
I'm not.
- You are sounding...
- No, I just don't want to...
I don't want to have this with you,
you know? There's a lot going on.
There's a lot going on here too.
[speaking Swedish]
[tapping tennis strings]
[Swedish]
- [shouts]
- [spectators applaud]
[speaking Swedish]
[Borg shouts]
[Borg shouts]
[sighs]
[speaking Swedish]
[mother speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
Ah!
[woman speaks
Swedish]
[people chattering,
laughing]
Mmm...
Ja.
Hmm.
Hmm.
Björn?
Nej.
Nej.
[chuckles]
[Bergelin speaking Swedish]
[birds chirping]
[speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
- [chair umpire] Love-15.
- [applause]
[applause]
[chair umpire on TV]
40-love.
[TV announcer]
Björn Borg, world number one,
is having
an unexpectedly hard time
against the unseeded Egyptian
El Shafei.
[knocking]
No, thank you.
[knocking]
I said no, thank you.
I said it twi... Oh, Pete.
- Oh, my God.
- [laughing]
[McEnroe laughing]
You motherfucker.
- You good?
- Yeah. Look.
There it is.
[Pete laughs]
Basically, you win all your matches,
we see each other in the quarters,
and I got Connors in the
semi, Borg in the final.
- [Pete] How long this take you?
- About an hour or so.
- You got your wallet?
- Yep.
I gotta
get out of here, man.
- How's your foot?
- It's better.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, I got this ankle support.
- It's, uh... It's working.
- Good.
See how it goes? Cut here.
Yeah. Okay.
- Then we meet here.
- Yeah. You're gonna go this way.
- Okay.
- And that's us here.
You stop there. [laughing]
And the rest of this shit goes.
You're that sure
you're gonna beat me?
- Oh, fuck yeah.
- Yeah?
[laughing]
[TV reporter] Any comments on
your performance today, Mr. Borg?
Well, he played
very, very good, and, uh,
I beat him in the end, but,
uh, it's, uh... it was not easy.
But I'm looking forward
to the next game.
[TV reporter] So, tougher
than you thought out there.
It took time to feel
the surface,
but then after a while,
I played my tennis.
You know how many times
I've tried to do this,
go into a match
and just been, like,
no emotion, all order,
just be Borg.
This is impossible.
This is not...
- This isn't human. He's like...
- [Gerulaitis] Yo!
- Hey.
- Where you guys been? I been looking for you.
- Just here. Yeah.
- How ya doin'? How ya doin'?
Cool. Want a drink?
- Peter.
- Good to see you.
I got a car waiting for us.
Let's go.
- No, I gotta see Jennie.
- Peter.
- [Pete] Sorry.
- All right. Here we go.
- Come on.
- Send my love to Jennie. Come on, ladies.
- Let's go. Let's go.
- Yeah.
Come on. Keep up.
Come on.
It's like my second home.
I love this place.
Honestly.
Everybody's so good here.
- Good people here. Hey.
- Hey, Vitas.
- How you doing? How you doing, man?
- Good to see you.
Hey, hey!
[woman]
Hey! Whoo!
Oh! [shouting]
Hit me
in the fucking head!
- [McEnroe] Hey, are you watching the matches?
- Ahhh!
- You watch the Borg match? Did you see what I'm seeing?
- Yeah.
You see him get slower?
Like much, much slower?
- [scoffs]
- Because he's out of shape?
You'll understand someday,
all right?
Explain it.
Look. You got
four Wimbledon titles.
All right?
It's a lot of pressure.
Everybody wants to beat Björn.
Everybody wants something from Björn.
It makes you the loneliest fucking
guy on the planet, you know?
Mmm.
That's good shit. Um, look.
This is... This is Eve, and this
is Eve, and they're Brits.
They're beautiful fucking ladies. They want
to meet you, they want to party with you.
They fucking love you, and I just...
I can't talk about tennis here.
Look at these titties, right? What the
fuck? What more do you want, John?
[laughing]
- But look. You wanna know what Björn's doing right now?
- Yes.
He's in bed.
His room is cold as fuck because he wants
his pulse below 50 beats a minute.
- [McEnroe] That's a rumor.
- It's not. He's got all these superstitions.
- Rituals.
- Cut the shit and say the stuff I want to fucking hear.
This year, his parents aren't
allowed to come. All right?
He only lets them come
every second year,
and when they do, they gotta wear the
same clothes throughout the tournament.
- Get the fuck outta here.
- Yeah, right?
Every year he trains on the same
court, he rents the same hotel,
he rents the same car,
he sleeps in the same room.
His coach always brings
50 rackets strung tight as fuck,
and every night before the match,
they meet in Lennart's room,
going over all the rackets, organizing
everything according to tension and key.
It's like a fucking religion.
Mariana, his girlfriend,
she takes care of his bag.
Same meticulous order.
Everything exact.
What is that?
When he gets to the arena,
takes the same chair
and two towels.
Not one. Not three. Two.
And he never treads
on the baseline.
- [McEnroe] Why?
- 'Cause that means bad luck.
They say he's an iceberg. Really he's a
volcano keeping it all in until boom.
[grunts]
[grunting]
[grunts]
A bit shorter, huh?
That geography test.
What happened there?
I got a 96 out of a hundred.
What about
the other four?
I got the top of my class.
How many kids
in your class, John?
Thirty.
The real world outside of school
is a lot bigger than 30 people.
Right?
[sighs]
Tennis making you
lose focus?
[pigeons cooing]
[wings flapping]
Oh, come on.
Is somebody gonna do something
about the pigeons? I mean...
- [crowd jeering]
- You don't hear that?
- [booing]
- On the roof. You don't hear that? On the roof.
- Nothing will be done about any pigeons...
- Of course not.
- during this match, Mr. McEnroe.
- Fuck it.
- [man] Go, Mac!
- [crowd jeering]
- Pigeons are ruining my focus! Don't you get it?
- [woman shouts]
- I have to ask you to continue playing, Mr. McEnroe.
- Shut up. Shut up.
- [man] Come on, Big Mac!
- [booing continues]
- Shh!
- [booing subsides]
- [McEnroe grunts]
- [chair umpire] 15-love.
[applause]
- [crowd whistling]
- Why don't you light off fireworks
while I'm doing this?
Light off fireworks
while I'm serving, okay?
Whistle a fucking song
or something.
Boo!
- [booing]
- [chair umpire] Quiet, please.
Thank-Thank you. Thank you.
- [spectator whistles]
- Come on. Shut the fuck up!
New ball. Give me another ball.
[Mariana speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
[chair umpire] 30-love.
[Bergelin speaking Swedish]
[grunts]
[speaking Swedish]
[McEnroe jabbering]
My father's
gonna appeal it anyway.
But congrats on staying awake
for the whole match today, boss.
Lighten up, junior. You won.
Come on. Give us a smile.
- Shut the fuck up.
- Fuck you.
[applauding]
[chair umpire]
Love-40.
[thunder rumbling]
[door closes]
[speaking Swedish]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[Bergelin speaking Swedish]
[grunts]
[grunts]
[speaking Swedish]
[Mariana speaking Swedish]
[Mariana]
[Mariana speaking Swedish]
[racket striking ball]
[applause, cheering]
[British commentator] So, Arthur,
what must Björn Borg be thinking
after this sensational
demonstration?
[Ashe] Well, if McEnroe
can maintain this form,
- we may very well have a new champion.
- [TV off]
[Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
[knocking]
[door opens]
[Bergelin sighs]
[speaking Swedish]
[door closes]
[Swedish]
[retches, coughs, spits]
[water splashes]
[Bergelin speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
- [screaming]
- [man] The world of tennis
has never before
seen anything quite like this.
[man] ♪ Fee, fi, fo, fum ♪
- ♪ I'm looking down the barrel Of the devil's gun ♪
- Hey, Borg!
♪ I said nowhere to run ♪
[Gerulaitis] Hey, pal, how ya doin'?
Want a bottle of champagne?
- Sure.
- Yeah? Far out.
Let's get some champagne
over here.
♪ Fo, fum We're looking down the
barrel Of the devil's gun ♪
♪ Nowhere to run ♪
♪ We gotta make the stand
Against the devil's gun ♪
- ♪ Better make a move now ♪
- ♪ Well, well ♪
♪ You know there ain't
No time to lose now ♪
♪ Oh, well
The finger's on the trigger ♪
♪ He's waiting to deliver ♪
♪ Can we ever figure out a way
To make the people shout? ♪
[speaking Swedish]
- [stereo: swing]
- [people chattering, laughing]
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
Now...
Tom, multiply two numbers.
- Any two numbers?
- Yes.
Thirty-two times 14.
- 448.
- [chuckles] Now, now.
- You gotta make him sweat.
- [woman laughs]
122 times 46.
5,612.
Okay.
66,322 times 2,198.
You can dance
to Debbie Harry?
- You're like 57 years old.
- Honestly.
- The fuck do you care about my generation?
- Hey, guys.
- Hey. Hey, Pete. How you doing?
- Yeah, pretty excited.
So, uh, it's you and me.
John?
You ready?
- See you out there.
- See you, John.
Seriously?
[toilet flushing]
[door closes]
You still
not talking to me?
Where's my ankle support?
The fuck?
Come on, John.
John, give me
the ankle support.
- John.
- [knocking]
[man] If you gentlemen
would like to come this way?
- [spectators applauding]
- [chair umpire] 40-15.
[announcer] John McEnroe is slaughtering
fellow countryman Peter Fleming.
[spectators cheering]
I didn't take your
ankle thing, you know?
I really didn't, Pete. That's not
something I would do. Why...
- Fuck you, John.
- Fuck me, fuck me. Fine.
Fuck me. Who cares?
Fuck me. Fine.
Look, I fucking told you, man.
I fucking told you. Didn't I?
- Fuck the ankle support, okay?
- Are you done?
Sit down.
Hey. Are we good?
I'm gonna
say this once.
You're going to
win Wimbledon.
If not this year, then it's
only a matter of time.
You're going to
be number one.
- [scoffs]
- I know it.
Okay.
But you will never be remembered as
one of the greats. You know why?
John, look at me.
'Cause nobody likes you.
Not one kid out there wants to be
like Johnny Mac when he grows up.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
You know, in 20 years, the only
thing people are gonna say is,
"Hey, what was the name of that crazy
guy that always yelled at the umpire?"
You fucked up my game.
I'm your friend.
[door slams]
[whispering]
Say sorry. Fuck him.
[woman] John McEnroe?
Hi, John.
How are you?
You think maybe we could ask the receptionist
not to yell out my name like that
every time
I come in here?
- Weren't you the only one out there?
- I'm the only one out there.
It makes me feel uncomfortable,
she yells my name out like that.
- I walk in here edgy.
- Okay.
- Well, we don't want you edgy.
- Okay.
- We want you to feel comfortable.
- Thank you.
No problem.
John, you mentioned
defensive.
It's your move, Dad.
How's the back?
It's the same.
He's already seen a lefty
before he got here.
I mean, it's... it's not
even a surprise, you know?
But he hasn't seen you.
We win.
- [bell dings]
- This way, please.
[chattering]
- Can we touch it?
- Yeah.
We push a button now, we can get
billboards out before the final.
Isn't this a bit simplistic? Shouldn't
we see another side of John?
What we are seeing
right now is unique.
Tennis players
are like rock stars.
The tabloids are having
a field day with him,
but this rivalry
between Borg and John
is forcing people to ask
themselves, "Who am I?
The gentleman or the rebel?"
[announcer] It's a beautiful morning here
at Wimbledon for the men's semifinals.
[cheering]
Björn Borg is up against
the American, Brian Gottfried.
And in a second semifinal,
a clash between two of the most
controversial figures of tennis today,
John McEnroe and fellow
countryman Jimmy Connors.
First serve,
Wimbledon semifinal.
[chair umpire] Love-15.
[spectators groan]
15-40.
Game and second set to Gottfried.
One set all.
[announcer] Björn Borg is having
a tough time against Gottfried.
Unexpectedly tough.
[spectators booing]
[announcer]
Listen to those jeers.
I can't remember a single Wimbledon match
where the crowd has made this much noise.
Out.
- Out.
- Wha...
Excuse me?
[chair umpire] It wasn't on this
side of the line, Mr. McEnroe.
- The chalk flew up.
- The ball has been ruled out.
- Excuse me?
- It was a good call. It was a bit of a scramble.
You can't be serious.
You cannot be serious!
The ball was on the line!
Chalk flew up all over, man!
- [spectators booing]
- Chalk flew up! He saw it.
That's why he's walking all over it.
Everyone saw it was in.
You cannot possibly
call that out.
I'm going to issue you a warning for
unsportsmanlike behavior, Mr. McEnroe.
- [cheering]
- Borg isn't playing any great tennis,
but it's enough to beat
the unseeded American Gottfried.
Congratulations
on reaching the finals.
So it's either Jimmy Connors or
John McEnroe that awaits you now.
How do you respond to McEnroe's
comment from before the tournament
that Borg, the machine,
will soon break down?
I... I'm just like, uh,
anybody else.
I'm not a machine.
[reporter]
Just one more word!
You guys are the pits
of the world.
You keep your mouth shut.
Keep your mouth shut.
Why don't you stay on your side?
No one's talking to you.
- I'm talking to you.
- Shut the fuck up. No one's talking to you.
[booing]
Fuckin' asshole.
Yeah, I'm so fucking disgusting.
Go home then!
- [woman] Play some tennis!
- Shut the fuck up!
Go play tennis by yourself.
John, congratulations
on your victory today.
- What do you have to say about your behavior?
- Can we talk about my tennis?
Are you worried about the
reputation you've gained over here?
People are talking more about
your behavior than your tennis.
You're certainly talking more
about my behavior than my tennis.
- Do you think it's valid?
- No.
[man] But do you have
any regrets about your behavior?
I mean, I regret I gotta sit here and
talk to you. That's all I regret.
Do you expect anyone to root for
you in the final against Borg?
Look, I get that, uh,
you got your hero.
Your gentleman, Borg,
and you need a villain.
- Do you think you'll be able to keep your temper?
- Let's talk about tennis.
Does anybody have
tennis questions?
Do you enjoy being a villain?
Do you feel it helps you?
- You think you'll keep your temper?
- Shut the fuck up, man.
- Are you watching the matches?
- Yes, I'm watching the matches.
You don't understand what the
fuck it takes to play tennis.
Do you know I go up there, I
give everything for this game?
Everything. Everything in me gets
left out on that fucking court.
And none of you understand
because none of you do it.
[woman speaks Swedish]
How was the flight?
You look great.
- This is the crew from Argentina.
- [speaking Spanish]
- Björn.
- [Spanish continues]
[man speaking Swedish]
[speaking Swedish]
I can't remember
which door.
Well, can't you just pick one?
They all look alike.
No, it has to be
the right one.
[camera shutter clicks]
Wait. Wait, please.
Wait with the camera.
- Björn, I don't really think it's all that important.
- It's very important.
- [woman speaks Spanish]
- [speaks Swedish]
[Rune speaking Swedish]
[door opens]
[inhales]
[exhales]
[sniffles]
[chattering]
Five minutes,
gentlemen.
[man speaking Swedish]
- Turn down the volume on McEnroe, Mike.
- What?
- But they switch sides all the time.
- That's an order from the top.
[speaking various languages]
It's the perfect rivalry...
the baseline player
and the net rusher.
[speaking German]
[speaking Swedish]
Ice Borg versus SuperBrat.
15,000 spectators.
Hundreds of millions at home
by their TV's.
[speaking French]
[man] Gentlemen.
- [British announcer] First out is McEnroe.
- [whistling, booing]
The crowd is booing him.
That's a first
in a Wimbledon final.
[announcer speaking Swedish]
[American announcer] There he is...
Björn Borg, the emperor.
This court belongs to him.
The final we've all
been waiting for.
Borg, a legend
in his own lifetime.
Tremendous pressure
on him today.
He's won it four times,
but the fifth time, I'm sure,
will be even harder.
[chair umpire]
Quiet, please. Quiet, please.
McEnroe to serve.
Ready? Play.
15-love.
[American announcer] There's the talent
in McEnroe in the opening point.
[announcer speaking Swedish]
- [spectators applauding]
- 40-love.
- [spectators cheering]
- And there's Borg's blistering return of serve.
40-15.
- Game to McEnroe.
- First game of the match goes to McEnroe.
McEnroe's serve and volley
decides the first game.
[linesman] Out.
[American announcer]
McEnroe takes the game!
What a fantastic start
for McEnroe.
[chair umpire]
McEnroe to serve.
- [spectators groan]
- Game, McEnroe.
[British announcer] Borg really having
difficulty with McEnroe's left-handed serve.
[American announcer] Like
trying to catch hummingbirds.
Borg looks shell-shocked.
[British announcer] McEnroe is humiliating
Borg, and he's making him look slow.
[speaking German]
[speaking Swedish]
[chair umpire] Game and first set
to McEnroe, six games to one.
[American announcer]
Björn Borg is in trouble.
Trouble in Sweden.
[chair umpire]
New balls, please.
- Time.
- [spectators applauding]
Second set, Borg to serve.
- [man] Come on, Björn!
- [chair umpire] Quiet, please.
- [announcer] Point Borg! An unbelievable serve.
- [spectators cheering]
[British announcer]
That's the Borg we know.
- [linesman] Out.
- [chair umpire] Game to Borg.
We're seeing a completely
different Borg in the second set.
[American announcer]
There it is!
Björn Borg takes himself
to set point.
[spectators cheering]
[cheering]
[chair umpire]
Game and second set to Borg,
seven games to five.
[American announcer] This is
exactly what Björn Borg wants.
And McEnroe seems out of touch.
[British announcer] It's a big momentum raiser
when you come from behind like Borg has done,
and it tends to undermine
your opponent's confidence.
[spectators cheering]
40-15.
[British announcer]
So that's Borg, two set points.
- Out!
- Game and third set to Borg.
[American announcer] And there it is...
Björn Borg wins the third set,
and he leads two sets to one.
[British announcer] So, there's
going to be a fourth set now.
If Borg wins it, he can call himself
five-time Wimbledon champion.
[spectators cheering]
- Fault!
- [American announcer] Fault called.
I thought it was good.
McEnroe thought it was good.
30-40.
- Fuck.
- Second double fault.
[speaking German]
[linesman] Out.
Out.
[British announcer] I believe the
umpire's wrong about that call.
How will McEnroe react to this?
30-15.
[woman] Let's go, John!
[chair umpire] Time.
It's all right.
It's a great match.
Just play your tennis.
[American announcer]
Ace, McEnroe!
[British announcer] McEnroe's getting
stronger as the set goes on.
[American announcer] McEnroe has the game.
A 3-2 lead in the fourth set.
- Just out.
- Come on, John.
[American announcer] The pressure
is now all on the Swede.
- [spectators cheering]
- Game to Borg.
[American announcer]
He has the game. Five-all.
It's out.
Björn Borg is in the lead.
And ace for Borg.
He can almost taste
the championship now.
[American announcer] So here
it is, championship point.
Quiet, please.
[cheering]
Oh, no, fault called.
Quiet, please.
Second serve.
[American announcer]
He saves the first match point.
Second championship
point for Borg.
[grunts]
Borg's got to try not to think
about those lost match points now.
[American announcer]
McEnroe!
Break point for John McEnroe.
[chair umpire]
Quiet, please.
- Quiet, please.
- [British announcer] What a moment this is for Borg.
He stands to serve,
having lost two match points.
McEnroe is back in the match, now
with a chance to make it even.
[spectators cheering]
[American announcer] John McEnroe
has snatched it away from Borg
just like that!
[chair umpire] Six games all.
Tiebreak now comes into operation.
No men's final has ever
ended in a tiebreaker.
[American announcer] Björn Borg has taken
himself to another championship point.
[American announcer] McEnroe says
no once again. What determination!
[British announcer]
There's the greatness of Borg.
Just one fleeting opportunity,
and it's through like a rapier.
Championship point number four.
[American announcer]
Oh, John McEnroe!
He has ripped four match points
from Björn Borg!
[American announcer]
He has set point.
Now McEnroe has the chance to turn
this whole thing upside down.
Ball.
[British announcer] If either
man took any more punishment,
if this were a heavyweight boxing
match, they'd stop the fight.
If Borg wins this point, the roof
will blow off the Centre Court.
[man] Come on, Björn!
Quiet, please.
[American announcer] Borg got so
close, but McEnroe just won't give in.
Both men have looked down the barrel of
the gun and they're both still alive.
[British announcer] I don't think
I've ever seen a tiebreak like this.
[American announcer]
McEnroe again says no!
[various announcers overlapping]
[British announcer]
Set point for McEnroe.
[spectators groan]
[American announcer]
The linesman calls it out!
[chair umpire] 15-all.
[British announcer]
I can't believe it.
The score is 15-all.
Yes!
- [cheering]
- Yes!
[American announcer]
It's dead even!
- Come on!
- [American announcer] Incredible!
McEnroe wins the tiebreak,
18-16.
Björn Borg has lost
seven match points.
[British announcer]
And what must Borg be thinking?
That elusive fifth championship
almost within his reach,
but stolen away from him
seven times.
[speaking Swedish]
[cheering]
[British announcer] This is
nothing short of unbelievable.
No one can recover after losing seven
match points in a Wimbledon final.
But Borg is playing
like nothing happened.
[American announcer]
And now it's all about heart.
Hearts beating
on either side of the net.
They can hit the ball.
It's up to the hearts.
[spectators cheering]
So once again,
match point, Borg.
[cheering]
[American announcer]
Five times in a row!
Game, set, and championship
to Borg.
[no audible dialogue]
[cheering]
[cheering louder]
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
the runner-up of Wimbledon 1980,
John Patrick McEnroe.
[cheering]
[British announcer]
Here he comes.
Standing ovation for McEnroe,
whose behavior today
was beyond reproach.
[American announcer] John Patrick
McEnroe is not a champion today,
but he has finally won
the hearts of Great Britain.
[British announcer] And Borg, king of
the tennis world, without a doubt.
- [woman] Well played.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Thank you.
[woman] ♪ They go like the
last night Of the sun ♪
♪ All in a blaze ♪
♪ And all you see
Is glory ♪
♪ People lust for fame ♪
[piano accompaniment playing]
♪ Like athletes in a game ♪
♪ They break their collarbones
And come up swinging ♪
♪ Some of them are downed ♪
♪ Some of them are crowned ♪
♪ Some are lost
And never found ♪
♪ But most have seen it all ♪
♪ They live their lives
In sad cafés ♪
♪ And music halls ♪
♪ And they always have a story ♪
♪ Some make it
When they're young ♪
♪ Before the world
Has done its dirty job ♪
♪ And later on
Someone will say ♪
♪ "You've had your day ♪
♪ Now you must make way" ♪
♪ They'll never know the pain
Of living ♪
Oh, shit.
Fuck.
Really...
congratulations.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
- Good match.
- Yeah.
Thought you had me.
Almost. Yeah.
Maybe next year.
- Thanks.
- Yeah, thanks. [chuckles]
You hug people? What's up?
Come on. Here.
- All right, man.
- Safe trip.
[no audible dialogue]
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