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‘I’ve hit my bottom’ – Documentary shines light on dynamic, damaging world of Boris Becker
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Former tennis player Boris Becker and partner Lilian de Carvalho at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, on Feb 19.
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By his polished standards, Roger Federer offers GQ Australia an edgy answer. It’s somewhere around 2014 and on the subject of rivals he says, “we’re almost too nice to each other sometimes”.
But would he truly have enjoyed tennis in the 1980s? Meaner, testier, slyer. Before the 1985 Wimbledon final where his legend begins, Boris Becker’s coach tells him to walk out first on court and grab the closest seat. Why? Because it’s the one his opponent Kevin Curren prefers.
