Ryan Waller is a partner at Other Means, a Brooklyn-based graphic design studio working with architects, artists, curators, editors, institutions, and schools.
From an interview with Steve Tignor: When did Björn Borg have his burnout? In 1981. That’s when he quit. He lost to McEnroe in Wimbledon in 1981. Borg first realized what was happening when he lost to McEnroe in 1980 at the US Open. He told his coach, this is it, I can’t do this anymore—he was tired of it. Then he lost to McEnroe in 1981 at Wimbledon. McEnroe said that Borg looked relieved when he lost that match. When Borg lost the final of the US Open in 1981 to McEnroe, he just walked off the court, didn’t…