BORIS BECKER SPEAKS OUT, “OUCH” FOR ROGER FEDERER, BORIS SAYS ROGER COULDN’T BE AS NICE AS HE APPEARS! SHAME ON BOOM BOOM BECKER! OH, AND HE MAY WANT TO BECOME A BRIT.

Written by: Staff on 10th June 2015

Former German tennis player Boris Becker

BORIS BECKER SPEAKS OUT, "OUCH" FOR ROGER FEDERER, BORIS SAYS ROGER COULDN'T BE AS NICE AS HE APPEARS! SHAME ON BOOM BOOM BECKER! OH, AND HE MAY WANT TO BECOME A BRIT.

epa04724162 Former German tennis player Boris Becker speaks during a promotional event on a new bandage for athletes in Hamburg, Germany, 28 April 2015. Becker, currently working as coach of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, is the co-developer and testimonial for the new sports bandage 'Magic Cooper'. The photo in the background shows Becker at a younger age. EPA/CHRISTIANÂ CHARISIUS |

Becker May Ask For British Citizenship

Boris Becker is one of Germany’s most iconic sporting heroes but has not lived in the country of his birth for several years after issues of tax evasion. Now based in Wimbledon for the last four years, he admitted there is a strong possibility of applying for British citizenship.

Becker, now aged 47 and coach to world no.1 Novak Djokovic, ceased to live in Germany several years ago after claims of tax evasion. Appearing on the BBC’s Breakfast television program, Becker revealed he is seriously contemplating applying to change his citizenship.

“Our youngest son Amadeus was born in London and we are asking for a British passport for him,” said the former world no.1 and winner of six Grand Slam singles titles including three from Wimbledon in 1985, ’86 and ’89.

Boris Becker, German coach of Novak Djokovic of Serbia watching his match against Gilles Muller of Luxemburg during their second round match for the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 28 May 2015. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT

For the last four years, Becker has lived on the edge of Wimbledon Common, within a mile of the All England Club, and speaking on behalf of his second wife, former Dutch model Lilly and himself, Becker continued: “We love Wimbledon a lot. People treat us with respect. It’s been my professional home for 30 years now and it’s been my private home for the last couple of years.”

Answering specifically the question of British citizenship, he said: “We feel comfortable so eventually I am sure we will ask for it.”

Becker is publicizing his second autobiography, Wimbledon: My Life and Career at the All England Club. And within the books pages he maintain there is a ‘fake friendliness’ between some of the game’s elite players, revealing it is an “open secret” in the tennis world that his own charge Djokovic and Roger Federer dislike one another. Becker claimed, adding that Federer “cannot possibly” be as nice as he appears.

He maintains tennis remains a terrific sport but has no become a little too politically correct. He said: “The reason Roger is one of the highest-paid athletes of all time is because he’s like by everybody. But think about this – you can’t possibly be liked by everybody… He makes good money out of his image, but would he make less if we saw a bit more of his true feelings?”

And speaking of his relationship with Germany and its’ people, he wrote: “I don’t live in Germany because of complete loss of privacy. Here [in Britain] I’m given space. People will politely say, ‘Hello, nice you’re here,’ and then walk on. I’m not national property.”

Story Via Bob Larson Tennis News Service

Topics: Boris Becker, Federer, Germany, Tennis News, Wimbledon

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