He was freed after eight months under the condition that he would leave the United Kingdom. In 2022, a London court sentenced Becker to 2 1/2 years in prison for concealing his wealth during a bankruptcy process that began in 2017. "I have reached my lowest point," Becker says into the camera, his eyes red-rimmed. The second one followed in 2022 - two days before Becker's arrest. Director Gibney met Becker in 2019 for the first exhaustive interview. Becker is interviewed extensively in 'Boom! Boom!' Image: Apple TV+īecker's fall from greatness is only alluded to in this part. The player's former companions and opponents share their memories. Only the first part is featured at the Berlinale. Called "Triumph," it is essentially a summary of Becker's greatest duels against Ivan Lendl, Stefan Edberg and John McEnroe, staged like a Western and with a soundtrack by Ennio Morricone. Boris Becker," an Apple TV+ production, consists of two films. Becker attended the documentary's premiere at the Berlin Film Festival Image: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images 'Triumph' looks at Becker's greatest duels "People, especially in Germany, don't accept that the youngest Wimbledon champion has grown up," Becker said before the film premiere in Berlin. And when a public idol withdraws from public affection, people become skeptical. Still, he wasn't really excited about driving through his hometown of Leimen, southwest Germany, in a motorcade. Becker hated it.įollowing his record-breaking triumph, Becker went through a dry period without any Grand Slam wins, but he successfully defended his Wimbledon title in 1986. His trademark fist-clenching gesture the way he dove to return a hit from his opponent the way he blew on his fingertips before serving his powerful serves and returns and all-around quick, physical play: It earned him the nickname "Boom Boom" from the British tabloids. On July 7, 1985, the tennis player became the youngest ever winner of the men's singles at Wimbledon - a record that still stands today. "Something like this had never happened before," Becker says in the movie. Gibney's film is dedicated to the man behind the public image, whom many have taken for granted. Boris Becker," which had its world premiere at the 2023 Berlinale, Berlin's annual film festival. Becker showing off his famous fist punching gesture in 1985 Image: Harry Dempster/Getty Imagesįilmmaker Alex Gibney focuses extensively on this particular summer in his documentary "Boom! Boom! The World vs. No one in my family and none of my friends played tennis, but it was a given that we would all witness this German teenager become a global sensation at just 17 on those grass courts in London. The memory is somewhat blurry, and probably only exists because that was the only summer when the television was on during the day at our place. I was 6 years old and two months away from starting school when Boris Becker won the men's singles championship for the first time on the hallowed grass courts of Wimbledon in July 1985.
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