His divorces, business ventures and jokey punditry are scorned in his country of birth. Yet, for the erstwhile darling of Wimbledon, bankruptcy is unlikely to be game, set and match Three decades ago, Boris Becker was wooing the world with his flamboyant tennis, which involved flinging himself dangerously around the court, diving headlong for volleys and delivering killer serves that earned him the nickname "Boom Boom". But the erstwhile darling of Wimbledon, who, as an unseeded 17-year-old in 1...
'Destroyed by his celebrity' - are Germans right about Boris Becker?
The Guardian - 10 Jul 2017 06:45
His divorces, business ventures and jokey punditry are scorned in his country of birth. Yet, for the erstwhile darling of Wimbledon, bankruptcy is unlikely to be game, set and match Three decades ago, Boris Becker was wooing the world with his flamboyant tennis, which involved flinging himself dangerously around the court, diving headlong for volleys and delivering killer serves that earned him the nickname "Boom Boom". But the erstwhile darling of Wimbledon, who, as an unseeded 17-year-old in 1...
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