Boris Becker has to go to prison - that's what the international press says
Yesterday, Friday, Boris Becker was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in London. The Sport Information Service (SID) has collected the international press comments.
by SID
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Apr 30, 2022, 11:15 am

ENGLAND
The Sun: "Serving time - Tennis star Boris Becker faces two and a half years in prison after hiding millions of pounds in his 2017 bankruptcy."
Daily Mail: "Boris Becker and a crash like no other: An insatiable appetite for women, houses, cars and a life of luxury. Now, fatal business failures and a fatal arrogance have led to the Wimbledon star facing a two-and-a-half year prison sentence."
ITALY
Gazzetta dello Sport: "Becker will no longer watch the world through a tennis net, but through the bars of an English prison. The tennis prodigy struggled as an adult. Scandals, debts and bankruptcy: Becker's reputation is ruined."
Corriere della Sera: "On Judgment Day, Boris Becker wears the Wimbledon tie with the green and purple stripes, symbol of a glorious time that years and many mistakes have swept away. Scandals and love affairs, falls and resurrections: Becker's life on the roller coaster ends up in jail now."
La Repubblica: "Boris Becker's deep fall: the King of Wimbledon ends up in the Queen's prison. Thus falls an unparalleled phenomenon of tennis, which has found no balance off the field. The Wimbledon tie that Becker wears in court resembles a tombstone of his fabulous career of excess, decline and regret."
Corriere dello Sport: "Fatal London for Boris Becker: His career, which began in Wimbledon in 1985 at the age of 17, ended yesterday in the Palace of Justice on the banks of the Thames. The tie with the colors of Wimbledon did not bring him any luck. In his cell, Becker will be able to think about the strategy for the restart. He's not lacking in genius."
Il Messaggero: "From Wimbledon lawn to prison: Boris Becker, the tennis talent who conquered Wimbledon at the age of 17, now has to go through the difficult experience of prison. His reputation has been destroyed. Two expensive divorces, maintenance for four children and a life from excesses have darkened Becker's star."
AUSTRIA
Der Standard: "Fortunately for the 54-year-old, neither laziness nor stupidity are criminal offenses. Otherwise Becker would have had to expect a much longer deprivation of liberty. [...] The fact that he now has to get to know an English prison from the inside is certainly tragic. But the failed businessman alone is responsible for his humiliation."
USA
New York Times: "The verdict marks a startling fall from grace for Boris Becker. His tennis talent, bubbly personality and business aspirations had made him a fortune to this point."
SWITZERLAND
Neuer Zürcher Zeitung: "The sentence is known - Boris Becker has to go to prison for two years and six months. A British court sentences the former tennis prodigy to 30 months in prison. It is the low point of a career that has gone completely out of control. "
Blick: "The decision has been made – Boris Becker has to go to prison! The former tennis star has to be behind bars for 2.5 years. The process of delaying bankruptcy is the result of decades of luxury life, but also ignorance and mismanagement."
SPAIN
Marca: "The fate of Boris Becker. As judge Deborah Taylor argued in her verdict, the culprit did not learn the lesson of a similar trial in Germany in 2002. The question will also be whether he could succeed with an appeal. "
As: "Two and a half years in prison for the world number one in the 80s and 90s. This Friday he was put in the cell right after the verdict was announced. Life was a mess as far as his personal aspects are concerned. He also looks visually battered out, it doesn't leave him unscathed."
Mundo Deportivo: "Boris Becker didn't understand how to manage his fortune. Now he has to go to prison for two and a half years."