Article: Borg's Wife Treated In Apparent Suicide Try

Bjorn Borg's comeback bid has taken two jolts in the past 24 hours - on the court and on the home front.

Borg, 34, was soundly defeated Tuesday by Jordi Arrese in his first tournament match in eight years. Then he learned this morning that his wife, Loredana Berte, had been hospitalized in Milan after taking barbiturates in an apparent suicide attempt. Berte, a 39-year-old pop singer, was reported out of danger after doctors pumped her stomach.

Firemen broke down the door of Berte's apartment about dawn after being summoned by a servant, said Letizia Cecotti, of the Milan police.

In February 1989, Borg was hospitalized and had his stomach pumped. Italian media called it a suicide ...

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