by Laura Hollom

Stefan Edberg in the Royal Box at the Centre Court in Wimbledon with Tony Pickard and Roger Federer's parents

After watching Roger Federer play on Centre court Stefan Edberg was interviewed by John Inverdale of the BBC. He started off by asking Stefan about his memories of being back at Wimbledon. He said that it brought back many happy memories of the good years at Wimbledon.

Being brought up in Sweden watching Borg win 5 titles was amazing and when he first came to Wimbledon it was the first time he'd seen a grass court .He remembers when he first arrived seeing all the open space and grass courts and feeling the atmosphere was a huge thing at the time. Reminiscing about his first match in the juniors in which he played Boris Becker in the first round, he won that match and in the main draw he then lost in the second round to Henrik Sundstrom. It was then pointed out that it was an amazing synergy that he would play Boris in the juniors and then have his amazing rivalry with him in the years that followed, with the 3 consecutive finals that they both played. He said that Boris was a tough competitor and that he had to play his very best tennis to beat him.

from TennisBest.com
by Riccardo Bisti
translated into English by Mauro Cappiello (read the original article in Italian)

Meeting one's idol after 20 years of passion. We would have loved to measure Mauro Cappiello's heart beats when, some ten days ago, he was about to shake hands with Stefan Edberg. The event happened at the tournament of Halle, where the former Swedish champion played a show-match with Michael Stich, Martina Navratilova and Anastasia Myskina. Cappiello left Italy for a trip to Westphalia, where he was given a red carpet treatment. Even without press credential, the tournament staff allowed him to attend the press conference and to meet Edberg. There was a brief chat and the delivery of a plaque with the screenshot of the site http://stefanstennis.free.fr. Historical site, that Cappiello created and runs tirelessly. It's a community of fans of the great Swedish champion, whose retirement is outdated (he quit playing in 1996), but did not extinguish the passion of those who continue to follow him day after day, event after event. "Stefan did not know the site, he appreciated and laughed when he saw me. I wore the Adidas outfit he had when he won the Australian Open in 1987", says Cappiello, 32 years old, 20 of which spent to root for the Swede. A bombproof passion, because he could follow in person only the last years of Edberg's career, for obvious... anagraphical reasons. «Oh yes, I was too young». His passion for the Blond Angel started between 1990 and 1991 and accompanied him up to now.

Stefan Edberg interviewed in Hannover

At the 16th passive house conference in Hannover, Stefan Edberg was interviewed on his low environmental impact tennis hall project in Växjö. The arena, that will be the first internationally certified passive tennis hall, will be ready this summer, will have four courts and will be almost completely made in wood.

Stefan Edberg is part of this initiative, financed by the Swedish company Södra, along with former Davis Cup captain Carl-Axel Hakeskog and former top ten player from Sweden Magnus Larsson. The project was made after a contest among two hundred architects. You can watch the interview to Stefan below.

by Mauro Cappiello

Filip Bergevi with Stefan Edberg in Zurich

Blond and shy, Filip Bergevi doesn’t look much too different from most of the Swedes that flooded the ATP Tour in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Just ten days ago he turned 18 and, at the moment, he’s one of the most promising Vikings. We reached him through Facebook in March. He was in Zurich, where he played “junior-senior doubles” along with Stefan Edberg. In this interview we wanted to discover more about one of the future protagonists of Swedish and, hopefully, world tennis. And, last but not least, to have his impressions on Stefan…

Filip, tell us what kind of experience is playing with some of the tennis legends in the same event.

Of course it is a great experience and a lot of fun. To play with a legend and a player that has been no.1 in the world is amazing.

from South China Morning Post.com
by Antonia Windsor

Sven Goran Eriksson and Stefan Edberg in Lagos

Football, freshseafood and fabulous beaches are waiting to be discovered in the often overlooked region of Western Algarve.

High up on an ochre cliff overlooking the cobalt blue Atlantic Ocean stands a stately hotel. In the quiet grounds of manicured lawns and palm trees all seems restful. A woman lolls on a white lounger, her image reflected in the still swimming pool, and a waiter arrives with a tray of ice-cold refreshments. But just a minute away from this tranquil scene is a very different sight. More than a dozen men in training whites are working up a sweat on a full-sized football pitch.

Lounging is the last thing on their minds. Cascade, just outside Lagos in the Western Algarve region of Portugal, is no ordinary five-star hotel. The resort offers facilities for relaxation, including a spa and gourmet restaurant, but also several sports academies, a gym and a medical centre staffed to treat any sporting injuries that might occur.

The football academy is headed by Sweden's Sven-Göran Eriksson. "Swiss businessman Urs Wild presented the idea to me," says Eriksson. "He had run hotels in the region before, but was keen to do something different and came up with the idea of a hotel with professional facilities for football, golf and tennis. I jumped on it." This winter the first professional teams arrived to take advantage of the facilities.

from Manavgat Haber Merkezi.com
translated into English by Rasim Oskay KOCAOĞLU

Six times Grand Slam singles winner, world famous Swedish tennis player Stefan Edberg came to Turkey to play an exhibition match.

Stefan Edberg during the press conference

(29.03.2012) Stefan Edberg played an exhibition match during the 9th International Wilson Seniors Open Tennis Tournament which took place in Ali Bey Club Manavgat facilty. Edberg held a press conference for foreign journalists. Akdeniz News was the only Turkish agency that followed the press conference.

“It is my first time in Turkey”
Stefan Edberg said it was his first visit to Turkey and he liked Antalya and Manavgat very much. He also cited that many people he knew from Sweden were coming to Antalya for vacation. “My acquaintances had told me that Turkey was a very beautiful country. However, i couldn’t have the chance to come to Turkey for different reasons. Now i see that your country is as beautiful as i was told”, said Edberg. He was asked whether he followed any Turkish players or not before today. “I often follow the players in the top 100, but less those in the top 200 in professional tennis. That’s why i didn’t watch any Turkish players so far”, said Edberg.

from Le Temps.ch
by Isabelle Musy
translated into English by Mauro Cappiello

Stefan Edberg in Zurich

Now a businessman, Stefan Edberg lives away from the circuit. In Zurich, where he was playing the tournament of former champions, the Swede has spoken. About his life and the evolution of the sport.

At 46, Stefan Edberg still has traces of a spectacular attack game that made him a world leader and winner of six Grand Slam titles. Friday night at the Zurich Open - tournament of former champions - he served some balls at 187 km/ h against a Henri Leconte forced to give up after two sets. After his shower, the Swede took the time to have this interview. To talk about his new life, the evolution of the game in general and especially Roger Federer.

- Le Temps: Unlike others, for example Mats Wilander, we no longer see you on the Tour that often. What is your new life like?
- Stefan Edberg: I ​​have been very busy since I've quit playing tennis. It keeps on occupying a small part of my life, because I practice several times a week. But I do it for fun, keep fit and participate occasionally in tournaments like this on the ATP Champions Tour. Otherwise, I have a family. Two children, 18 and 15 years old, with whom I spent much time in the last 15 years. And on the business side, I am running a finance company I'm highly involved in. It took me between 10 and 15 years to get to know and understand the functioning of markets. I also have a business in real estate. I have not stopped since retiring from the circuit and then I got to that stage where I try to reduce some activities. I feel it is time to relax more. I am conscious of having the privilege of choosing what I do with my life, which is not the case for most people. I can decide if I want to work hard or not.

Stefan Edberg interviewed by Västerviks Tidningen

from Västerviks Tidningen
by Malin Belfrage
translated into English by Mauro Cappiello

There's lack of Swedish tennis players in the world elite.

Björn Borg, Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, Anders Järryd, Magnus Larsson, Nicklas Kulti, Magnus Norman, Jonas Björkman, Thomas Johansson and Thomas Enqvist. The list is actually even longer and it has not been particularly difficult to put together a world class Davis Cup team for Sweden. Until now.

Some time ago half of the Swede were top-ten in the world, today we have one among the top 100, Soderling, ranked 29: after him comes Michael Ryderstedt at the 331st place.

Joachim "Pim-Pim" Johansson and Andreas Vinciguerra appeared as two redeeming Lucky Luke-shots at the beginning of the 2000s, but disappeared almost faster than their own shadows because of injuries.

What happened to the Swedish tennis?
«We hadn't fully understood how good we were before. It is unique really what a fantastic time we had in Sweden in the 80's and 90's. Very probably that was because we had really good coaches. In addition to tennis they were often teachers and that was very educational. There was probably even more time to spend on talent, then», explains Stefan Edberg, who also remarked that it is up to each one.

from Västerviks Tidningen
by Malin Belfrage
translated into English by Mauro Cappiello

He is one of the favourites and won the opening match of the Kings of Tennis.

«You have 20 minutes», said press officer when one of the greatest athletes ever was walking in the hallway on the Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre. Västervik son Stefan Edberg sat down on the sofa opposite me and took a snack with VT.

Edberg was born and raised in Västervik. At age seven he began playing tennis.

«I played both football and ice hockey one season, but chose to focus on tennis rather early. When I was 16 I started to travel and compete, and was not around in Västervik much after that. Two years later I moved to London where I lived for 16 years», says Stefan, who was the brightest star in the junior side in the early 1980's.

«But before he became too good little Stefan traveled to Tranås and got beaten by me», says two years older Mats Wilander and laughs.

In this interview released just after the 2012 Australian Open semifinal between Federer and Nadal, Stefan Edberg talks to the BBC about the match and about Andy Murray's chances to win the tournament.

But his prediction didn't come true...