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There have been some players like Bjorn Borg who retired at 25 because they lost their competitive fires.
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Should Nadal secure his seventh title he will go one better than legendary Swede Bjorn Borg, who has six.
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He has lost just one French Open match and won six titles, tied with Bjorn Borg for most in the Open era.
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He passes the record of 28 straight wins set by Bjorn Borg between 1978-81, and equals the overall tournament record set by Chris Evert.
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Nadal is now sixth overall in Grand Slam titles behind Federer, Pete Sampras (14), Roy Emerson (12) and Bjorn Borg and Rod Lavar (11 each).
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Nadal triumphed 6-1 6-1 6-1 to move within two wins of joining Bjorn Borg as the only man to win four successive Roland Garros titles.
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Nadal has won six times at Roland Garros, and he, too, has potential history Sunday: surpassing the record for French titles he shares with Bjorn Borg.
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Nadal is the the first man since Bjorn Borg in 1980 to win the French Open and Wimbledon back to back, and now has five Grand Slam titles.
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When a masters event at the Royal Albert Hall was launched in 1997, his rematch with Bjorn Borg, 17 years after their Wimbledon semifinal epic, attracted huge interest, and a live television audience.
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The great Bjorn Borg, who shares the record for most successive titles at Wimbledon with Federer -- who completed his quintet in 2007 - won 11 of his 16 Grand Slam finals.
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