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==Memorabilia preserved== In March 2006, [[Bonhams]] Auction House in London announced that it would auction Borg's Wimbledon trophies and two of his winning rackets on 21 June 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2006-03-03-borg-trophies-auction_x.htm |title=Borg to auction off Wimbledon trophies |work=USA Today |date=3 March 2006 |access-date=20 April 2012 |archive-date=3 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803142235/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2006-03-03-borg-trophies-auction_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Several players then called Borg in an attempt to make him reconsider, including Jimmy Connors and [[Andre Agassi]], who volunteered to buy them to keep them together. According to {{Lang|sv|[[Dagens Nyheter]]}} – who had talked to Borg – McEnroe called Borg from New York and asked, "What's up? Have you gone mad?" and said "What the hell are you doing?"<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=672&a=532512&previousRenderType=3 |title=McEnroe fick Borg på andra tankar |language=sv |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=28 March 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222742/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=672&a=532512&previousRenderType=3 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> The conversation with McEnroe, paired with pleas from Connors and Agassi, eventually persuaded Borg to buy out the trophies from Bonhams for an undisclosed amount.<ref name="Observer 2007-01-07" />
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