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Bjorn Borg turned to drugs after feeling 'lost' in retirement

Bjorn Borg felt 'lost' after retiring

Bjorn Borg turned to drugs and alcohol because he was "lost" when he retired.

The five-time Wimbledon champion - who revealed in his new book Heartbeats that he experienced two near-fatal overdoses, the first in 1989 and another a few years later - quit the sport when he was just 26 years old and admitted he was unprepared for life away from the court because he had made no real "plan".

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