Of all ways to go down, this has to be amongst one of the worst. Poor guy. The former tennis star was trying to make a comeback on the courts and face Australian Pat Cash in Liverpool on Friday. One problem — a dog got in his way. More specifically, the jaws of that dog:

But the exhibition was last night abandoned after Borg was bitten by an Alsatian in Stockholm while rescuing his golden retriever. Borg was treated for deep puncture wounds.

“It is unbelievable,” he said. “What are the chances of being bitten by a dog three days before a tournament?

“I am disappointed. I have been playing for the last four months to prepare and was looking forward to playing on grass again.

Talk about crappy luck biting you in the butt. Sucks for Borg. Oh, and in case you were wondering, an Alsatian is what we know as a German Shepherd. Who knew?

(The aforementioned story is the benefit of force-feeding myself an hour of First Take a day)

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