The German -who has just been released from prison after eight months- will commentate on the first Grand Slam matches of the year for a European sports channel.
After spending eight months in prison, the German Boris Becker preparing to return to his first love: tennis. After serving half of the sentence imposed on him for hiding his assets and declaring bankruptcy to avoid paying debts, Becker will be one of the voices commentating on the Australian Open for a European sports network.
Every morning at the first Grand Slam of the year, the German will be a commentator for the Eurosport channel and will analyze the build-up to the tournament. In addition, he will have his own show, which will be called “Matchball Becker.”
Deported to Germany after serving his sentence in the UK, Becker is not in Australia. According to the newspaper Bildthe 55-year-old tennis player will remain in Munich and commentate on matches from a television studio.
“I am delighted that Boris Becker will rejoin our Eurosport team from the Australian Open. Since 2017, Boris has been an integral part of Eurosport’s tennis broadcasts“, held Jochen Gundelone of the directors of the German subsidiary of Warner Bros Discovery, the parent company of the sports network.
“It’s a real nightmare”: the phrase with which Boris Becker defined his stay in prison
yes ok Boris Becker was sentenced to two and a half years in prisonhas benefited from a process that he was allowed to be deported to Germany and finish his sentence in half an hour. His first three months were spent in the prison of Wandsworth, considered one of the strictest in England. Then he was transferred to huntercombewhere he spent the rest of his sentence.
“I have two big concerns. The shared cell, I was totally terrified. Then there is the shower. The movies didn’t help me, when I saw the soap fall on the floor… The prison is full, very dirty, very dangerous, there are murderers, rapists, drug dealers, all that kind of thing… You have to take care of yourself because the guards won’t take care of you”, he narrated in the dialogue on the German television channel Sat1.
In one of his most crude accounts of his time in prison, Becker tearfully admitted that he had received death threats in prison: “A prisoner named John told me that if I didn’t do certain things he would kill me, which I confirmed with the others. Fortunately, I had the support of three colleagues and then he apologized”.
Source: Tycsports
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