​Boris Becker was released from prison a few days ago, and the ex-leader of the ATP spoke about what he experienced during eight months of imprisonment.

Boris Becker: “You are nobody in prison”

In an interview with Sat 1, Becker talked about how difficult it was for him in prison, a place where violence is normal, food portions are too small, and the feeling of loneliness dominated his experiences.

Multiple Grand Slam winner Boris Becker says that nothing in life happens by chance, and he learned the right lesson.

“I learned a hard lesson. Very expensive, very painful. But all this taught me something very important and useful. Some things happen for a good reason.

You are nobody in prison, you are just a number. Mine was A2923EV. My name was not Boris. I was just a number and they don’t care who you are. It was the moment when I felt the most alone in my entire life” – Boris Becker.

In November, his comrades-in-arms prepared a cake for his birthday (November 22 – no). “I’ve never felt such solidarity in the free world,” says one accustomed to life’s many joys.

About the last hours spent in prison

“I sat on the edge of the bed from six in the morning and waited for the cell door to open. They came at half past seven, unlocked the door and asked: are you ready? I said: here I am! I already packed everything” – Boris Becker.

He pleads guilty

The white former sports star was found guilty of concealing assets and loans worth £2.5 million to avoid paying debts.

After leaving prison, Boris Becker admits his guilt.

“Of course I was guilty. For years I made mistakes, had fake friends. This time spent in prison brought me back,” he added Becker.

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, 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 tennis prize money alone, and during his career he won six Grand Slam titles: the Australian Open (1991, 1996), Wimbledon (1985, 1986, 1989) and the US Open (1989).

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