"It made me sick" - When Bjorn Borg's ex-wife accused him of hosting wild parties

Bjorn Borg's ex-wife Loredana Berte, an Italian singer, claimed in her 2015 autobiography that the Swede legend was in the habit of hosting sex parties. She even said he once rented out an entire floor in a hotel and "filled it with prostitutes."

Berte and Borg were married for four years, between 1989 and 1993. Before that, the 11-time Grand Slam champion was married to Swedish model Jannike Bjorling. After divorcing Berte, Borg got married once more, to Patricia Ostfeld in 2002. It is with Ostfeld that the former World No. 1 fathered Leo Borg, a budding talent on the ATP Tour.

In a tell-all autobiography, Loredana Berte wrote that it made her "sick" to see her then husband calling the reception of the hotel they stayed at and asking them to send "very wh*rish girls." Berte went on to add that Borg even tried to convince her to join his sex party.

"He rented out the whole second floor of a hotel to fill it with prostitutes. He personally called reception and asked them to bring him very wh*rish girls. It made me sick," she wrote, as per quotes collected by The Costa Rica Star.

"Several of them turned up wearing fur coats and with whips in their hands. He came over to me and tried to convince me to join in,” she added.

Back in 1988, when the two were still together, Bjorn Borg was rushed to hospital. Reports emerged at the time that it was because of a suicide attempt, a drug overdose, or food poisoning. In an interview with the New York Times later, Borg confirmed that it was just food poisoning but expressed shock at seeing so many journalists ask him about suicide or drugs when he returned home from treatment.

"We were home, Loredana and me," he said. "I got sick, very sick from eating. I was feeling very bad, food poisoning probably. I took two sleeping pills because I wanted to sleep. Finally, I went to the hospital, and they pumped my stomach. I was out of the hospital in two hours, feeling very good."

''But when I came home, there were a lot of journalists asking, 'What did you do?' My mistake was that I didn't come out with a quote right away. I never dreamed that they would write I'm a suicide or taking drugs or whatever," he added.

Bjorn Borg went on to assert that he had never taken drugs in his life, something Loredana Berte accused him of doing in her autobiography.

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"I don't really miss tennis" - Bjorn Borg

Bjorn Borg

Having turned pro in 1973 as a teenager, Bjorn Borg shocked the tennis world when he retired at the age of just 25 in 1984.

Speaking about the retirement back then, Borg said he did not miss tennis at all. He added that he simply wanted to do other things with his life, which he felt the sport was preventing him from doing.

"I don't really miss it,'' he said. ''When I retired from tennis, I wanted to do other things with my life. It had to come at one stage that I would retire, whether it was 35 or whenever. I had so many possibilities to learn, to see and to find out.''

''I felt like I was sitting in a room and I could never go out that door. I could never open that door. I mean, I loved tennis but there were things outside that door, and I knew about it, but I couldn't touch it," he added.

The 11-time Grand Slam champion made a comeback in 1991 but retired again shortly thereafter.