Former tennis champion Becker jailed in UK bankruptcy case

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German tennis great Boris Becker was jailed for two years and six months by a London court on Friday for hiding hundreds of thousands of pounds of assets after he was declared bankrupt.

The trial had heard details of Becker's career and how the former world number one, who won the Wimbledon championship three times, lost his fortune following his retirement.

When Becker won his first Wimbledon final in 1985 aged 17, he was the youngest and first unseeded player to claim the men's singles title. He went on to two win more Wimbledon titles. “When it suited him, he made full disclosure, when it didn't, he didn't,” she said as she urged the judge to pass a custodial sentence.

“We have noted the verdict regarding Boris Becker with regret,” the German Tennis Federation said. “We wish him a lot of strength for the future. He will forever be part of our tennis family.”

 

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