THE SCAN SPORT – The former world n ° 1 has, in an interview with El Mundo, told the consequences of the eight months spent in prison.
Imprisoned in 2022 for tax fraud, Boris Becker is, in an interview with El Mundo returned to this painful episode: “This is a period that I prefer not to speak in detail, I was afraid at certain times and I paid for my mistakes, but I have always learned much more from my defeats than my victories. It happened to me in tennis and it happened to me in life. Including in prison. When you have a success as young as me, you hold for granted that you will always succeed, that you are invulnerable. But that was not the case. I had to learn that most people do not win, that life is hard. A defeat as hard as incarceration was the alarm signal I needed to change. It made me a much better man than the one I was before entering prison. »»
And German, winner of six Grand Chelem titles (Wimbledon 1985, 1986, 1989; US Open 1989; Open d’Australia 1991, 1996) to declare“I have experienced a nightmare, but today I am at peace (…) I do not live in the past. I don’t think my victories and my defeats have any importance today. We live in 2025, I don’t waste my time watching an old tennis match. Besides, it happens that fans or journalists ask me questions about finals that I do not even remember. I had trouble finding my place in my life after tennis, I made mistakes, I had difficult times and now I am happy. I want to think and speak only of today and the future. »»
