Category: Boris Becker

Tennis Ace Boris Becker Recalls Prison Loneliness, Friends

December 21, 2022
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BERLIN—Tennis great Boris Becker tearfully recounted the moment the door of his single-occupancy cell at Britain’s notorious Wandsworth prison closed for the first time, speaking publicly after serving eight months for bankruptcy offenses. “It was the loneliest moment I’ve ever had in life,” Becker said in an interview with German broadcaster SAT.1 that aired Tuesday,…

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Tennis Legend Becker Freed From Prison, Returns to Germany

December 16, 2022
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LONDON—German tennis legend Boris Becker has returned to Germany after serving eight months in prison in Britain, his lawyer said Thursday. The 55-year-old German, who has lived in Britain since 2012, was released on Thursday morning and traveled back to Germany shortly thereafter. Becker “has thus served his sentence and is not subject to any…

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Djokovic Heartbroken Over Former Coach Becker’s Jail Sentence

May 3, 2022
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World number one Novak Djokovic said on Sunday that he was “heartbroken” after his former coach Boris Becker was sent to prison earlier this week in a bankruptcy case in the UK. The 54-year-old German was jailed for two years and six months by a London court on Friday for hiding hundreds of thousands of…

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Tennis Star Boris Becker Jailed By UK Court Over Bankruptcy

April 29, 2022
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German tennis star Boris Becker, who won six Grand Slam titles and earned £39 million ($50 million) during his career, has been jailed for two-and-a-half years by a judge in London for breaching the terms of his bankruptcy. Becker, 54, was made bankrupt in 2017 but earlier this month he was convicted of two counts of failing…

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