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Popularly known as "The tie breaker" in tennis community, X and Y battled out a tie breaker and X won it 21-19. On the course, X saved 7 championship points and Y saved 6 set points and lost the 7th set point. Y went on to win the Match. Who is X?

  1. Bjorn Borg

  2. Ivan Lendl

  3. John McEnroe

  4. Jimmy Connors
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Explanation

This refers to the famous 1980 Wimbledon semifinal between John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg. McEnroe won the fourth-set tiebreaker 21-19 (often called 'the tiebreaker') after saving multiple match points, but Borg went on to win the match 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7(16-18), 8-6.

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