Forty years on from Boris Becker’s iconic first Wimbledon title at the age of 17, Telegraph Sport speaks to four people who were inspired by his unlikely triumph that day: a footballer, a comedian, a ...

Former German tennis player Boris Becker attends the Men's singles final tennis match of the Terra Wortmann Open between Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik and Russian Daniil Medvedev. David Inderlied/dpa ...

It was the Wimbledon of 1985, and Boris Becker was in trouble. Down two sets to one against American Tim Mayotte in the fourth round, he rolled his ankle on the grass and went down hard. The ...

Six-time Grand Slam winner Boris Becker said winning Wimbledon at age 17 was too much for him to handle and that unrealistic expectations affected the rest of his career and life after tennis. "I'm ...

Boris Becker says he regrets winning Wimbledon at the age of just 17 because he struggled to cope with the expectations that followed his first Grand Slam title.