Boris Becker has returned to work as a tennis pundit only a month after his launch from jail with the German set to cowl the 2023 Australian Open.
Three-time Wimbledon champion Becker, who can also be a former world No.1, was handed a two-and-a-half yr jail sentence earlier this yr after failing to declare £2.5 million price of belongings to keep away from paying money owed.
Becker has since been launched and deported to Germany having served eight months within the UK and has revealed how different inmates threatened to kill him.
The 55-year-old allegedly sparked outrage amongst his jail inmates when he was handed a brand new job in jail, instructing sports activities science as a classroom assistant.
However the six-time Grand Slam champion is now a free man and is ready to return to work as a pundit for Eurosport for the 2023 Australian Open.
Jochen Gunde, one of many managers of the German subsidiary of Warner Bros Discovery – the corporate who personal Eurosport – mentioned: ‘I'm delighted that Boris Becker is returning to our group on the Australian Open.
‘Since 2017, Boris has been an integral a part of the tennis broadcasts on Eurosport.’
Becker often appeared as a pundit on the BBC’s protection of the Wimbledon Championships earlier than his conviction.
John McEnroe and Sue Barker got here underneath fireplace at Wimbledon 2022 for pledging help to Becker throughout a dwell broadcast.
Becker lately opened up about his time in jail and mentioned: ‘[It] is a unique world.
‘You might be all the identical. It sounds unusual, you might be so depending on one another.
‘I'll preserve contact with a few of the prisoners. We wanted one another.
‘We actually supported one another. I received so many letters from followers, from buddies. I learn each single letter. I collected all of them and I'll reply every considered one of them.’
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