The German extenist Boris Becker, number 1 in the ATP ranking For 12 weeks in 1991, he said in an interview for the magazine Sports Illustrated That would have been better for him “if I had won Wimbledon later.”
“For my health, for my life, It would have been better if I had won Wimbledon later, At 21 or 22 years old and not at 17 and 18, because then it would not have been the prodigy child that people still see in me, “said the German.
The German won the ‘big’ about grass three times in his career, the second defending his title in 1986 and the third and last in 1989, in addition to losing four other finals. “Wimbledon has always been like Christmas for me, the best time of the year. If I have a home as an athlete, that is Wimbledon, “he acknowledged.
Thanks to his early victory in Wimbledon 40 years ago, Becker triggered together with Steffi Graf an unprecedented tennis boom in Germany in the country, although his relationship with this has not always been easy. “I hope that the rest of my life be treated with more respectthat is honored more than before my work as the best German tennis player in history, “he said.
Becker could not take advantage of his sports success after the end of his professional career and crossed difficulties in his life since In 2022 spent seven and a half months in prison in the United Kingdom for fiscal crimes. He currently lives in Milan (Italy) with his wife Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro and was once again a successful tennis commentator.
