Bjorn Borg opens up about prostate cancer battle

The legendary Swede Bjorn Borg spoke openly astir his wellness condition, but besides astir the matter related to Jannik Sinner, which attracted a batch of nationalist attraction successful caller years.

Borg, successful a impermanent quality connected BBC television, talked astir the conflict with prostate cancer, but besides referred to the doping lawsuit of the champion Italian tennis player. Let america punctual you that during the tourney successful Indian Wells successful 2024, Sinner had 2 affirmative tests for the substance klostebol. 

The Italian explained that the physiotherapist and the pick helium utilized were to blame, aft which helium massaged him. The World Anti-Doping Agency VADA subsequently suspended the 21-year-old for 3 months, portion the ITIA fined him less.

"I was amazed erstwhile I work what happened. It happened to him doubly wrong a fewer days. If it happened once... But doubly is strange. I don't cognize what happened, but I anticipation it's thing serious," said Borg.

The Swede added that successful his clip determination were besides doped players and that helium knew which of them utilized what helium shouldn't. 

"I won't notation names, it doesn't substance anymore. The procedures are overmuch amended now," added the legend.

Illness

Borg besides referred to his illness, which was discovered successful 2023. 

"It's successful an precocious stage, but I'll combat similar I'm playing the Wimbledon final. The doc told maine that the concern is precise serious. I person to spell for tests each six months and unrecorded with it."

Instead of going to the doc immediately, the Swede continued with his duties, performing the relation of manager astatine the Laver Cup successful Vancouver. 

"I should person gone for further tests, but I went to the Laver Cup. The occupation is that you consciousness great, and past abruptly everything changes."

The legendary tennis subordinate inactive maintains a affirmative cognition and is acceptable to combat the disease. At the aforesaid time, the lawsuit of Sinner shows however overmuch today's athletes are nether changeless surveillance and however overmuch attraction their careers and scandals attract.