Björn Borg takes life ‘day by day’ after ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer diagnosis

Tennis legend told diagnosis was ‘really, really bad’
Björn Borg takes life ‘day by day’ after ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer diagnosis

FRIENDS NOW: Team Europe's captain Bjorn Borg (L) and Team World's captain John McEnroe during the 2024 Laver Cup tennis tournament in Berlin,  Photo by RONNY HARTMANN/AFP via Getty Images

Björn Borg, the five-time Wimbledon tennis champion, has said he is taking life “day by day, year by year” after his “extremely aggressive” prostate cancer diagnosis.

The former world no1, who won 11 grand slam titles before retiring aged 25, revealed the diagnosis in the final chapter of his autobiography, Heartbeats: A Memoir, which will be published this week in the UK and next week in the US. 

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