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🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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The brilliant Boris Becker serves up his new book ‘Inside’ which is out tomorrow.
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| 1:28.4 | He's revealing all about his life behind bars in his new book Inside, which is out tomorrow. So let's welcome a guest with some serious stories to tell. What the hecker? It's Boris Becker! Let's hear for Boris Becker. All right, Boris. Good morning. How are you, my friend? I'm very well. Thanks for having me, Chris. |
| 1:48.7 | Oh, you look so well. What a book. Congratulations. Well done. It's a page turner. It's beautifully written. It's a great format too. There's articles in that drop out of nowhere. There's emails that Boris was sent letters that he was sent from friends. People you don't know. people he doesn't even even know, some kind of. But let's go straight in with Wimbledon, watching Wimbledon from a prison cell as opposed to being there playing or commentating. What was that like, Boris? |
| 1:53.4 | Well, there was probably the most emotional time I had inside because, you know, I coached Djokovic |
| 1:59.8 | for a couple of years and, you know, we call each other family now. |
| 2:02.6 | And he made a call, you know, to his agent, Eduardo told him to get in touch with my wife, whether she wants to see the first round, together with my son Noah. |
| 2:12.6 | And then, you know, Lillian, of course, agreed. But then, Edos said, you know, the drill, once he's winning, you got to stick with the winning team. |
| 2:19.7 | So she stayed all seven matches. |
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