55-year-old Boris Becker was imprisoned for eight months, the former ATP leader is serving a sentence for fraud in connection with personal bankruptcy. A few weeks after his release, the German told how Novak Djokovic helped him while in prison.

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Novak Djokovic helped the family of Boris Becket when he was in prison

Becker, who was present at the Berlin Film Festival, spoke about his time in prison, saying that Novak Djokovic (his former student on the ATP circuit) helped him through the most difficult period of his life.

“Novak Djokovic has become a member of the family. You know that I have been in a professional relationship for many years and that I ended it in 2016.

But we were always close, especially during my detention. He supported me and my family,” he said Boris Becker.

A six-time Grand Slam winner during his playing career, Becker coached Djokovic from 2013 to 2016.

During this period, Nole won six of the 22 major tournaments he had to play with Becker.

“Now there are two kings in tennis, and that’s good. That’s why tennis is so interesting,” he added Becker referring to Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

Boris Becker and the fraud that sent him to prison

In April, 55-year-old Boris Becker, who had lived in London since 2012, was sentenced by a London court to two years and six months in prison in a personal bankruptcy case.

At the time of bankruptcy in 2017, after a series of bad deals, the former tennis player’s debts were estimated at 50 million pounds, which is equivalent to 59 million euros.

Becker was previously convicted of tax evasion in Germany in 2002, for which he received a suspended sentence.

The former tennis player won his first Wimbledon final in 1985 at the age of 17, becoming the youngest and first unseeded player to win the men’s singles title. He won two more titles at Wimbledon.

At the age of 55, on January 28, 1991, Boris Becker rose to the first position in the world. He earned $25,080,956 in prize money in tennis alone, and won six Grand Slam titles in his career: Australian Open (1991, 1996), Wimbledon (1985). , 1986, 1989) and US Open (1989).

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