Boris Becker, Angelique Kerber, Coco Gauff & tennis world wish fans a happy Easter
Boris Becker, Angelique Kerber, and Coco Gauff wished their fans the best on the occasion of Easter on Sunday, April 9.
The trio took to their respective social media accounts to share their Easter greetings with their fans. Becker, who won six Grand Slam singles titles during his career, shared a post by fellow former tennis player and former French Open champion Yannick Noah, giving Easter wishes on Instagram.
"Have a good one !" Yannick Noah captioned his post.
"Happy Easter, amigo," Becker added to it.
Boris Becker also shared a video of singer Gregory Porter covering Sting's famous It's Probably Me' - a song about leaving hate and spreading love - at an event where Sting himself was in attendance.
"Happy Easter," Becker added to the post.
Becker's compatriot Angelique Kerber also took to social media to share her Easter wishes. She posted a picture of herself with a small Easter bunny placed on her newborn daughter's stroller.
“Happy Easter. Keep you loved ones close to you, recharge your batteries and enjoy this little holiday break,” Angelique Kerber wrote.
19-year-old Coco Gauff took to social media to share her greetings as well, wishing fans a "Happy Resurrection Day."
Karen Khachanov also added his wishes, writing on Instagram:
"Happy Easter to all my fellow Armenians."
"You fight every day for survival": Boris Becker opens up about horrifying experience in prison
Tennis legend Boris Becker recently reflected on his eight-month prison sentence for financial crimes during his bankruptcy declaration, describing the horrifying experience he faced behind bars.
Speaking to the BBC, Becker opened up about the challenges he faced during his time in prison, where he was surrounded by dangerous criminals, including murderers, drug dealers, and rapists. Becker was sentenced to prison in late April 2022 and was released in December.
"I was surrounded by murderers, by drug dealers, by rapists, by people smugglers, by dangerous criminals. You fight every day for survival," Becker said.
Becker revealed that he fought for survival every day during his sentence, adding that being a legendary tennis player gave him no advantage in prison. He had to rely solely on his character and personality, particularly when he had no friends.
"If you think you're better than everybody else, then you lose," he said. "Inside, it doesn't matter that I was a tennis player, the only currency we have inside is our character and our personality. That's it, you have nothing else." Becker said
"You don't have any friends at first, you're literally on your own, and that's the hard part, you have to really dig inside yourself about your qualities and your strengths but also your weaknesses." Becker added
Initially placed at Wandsworth Prison in southwest London, Becker spent the rest of his sentence at Huntercombe Prison in Oxfordshire. His time in prison was extremely challenging to handle, and he believes that those who think prison time is not very difficult are "lying" about it.