‘I was a nobody’: Boris Becker gives first interview since leaving UK prison

The former Wimbledon champion tells German broadcaster he learned a hard lesson and experience was ‘worthwhile’. 

Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker who was freed from jail and was deported from the UK.

Boris Becker has given his first interview since leaving prison in the UK and being deported back to Germany earlier this week, telling German viewers: “In prison I was a nobody.” 

The former Wimbledon champion, appearing slimmed down and sporting a new hair colour and style, told the broadcaster Sat 1 that as an inmate he was not called by his first name, and “no one gave a shit” about his champion status.