Boris Becker will be absent from the BBC’s Wimbledon coverage this summer despite securing a first appearance as a tennis pundit since the early end of his prison sentence for bankruptcy offences.
It was confirmed on Tuesday that the former world tennis No 1 will go back to his old slot on the German-language Eurosport channels during the Australian Open alongside Matthias Stach, a well-known German commentator. He is also set to make occasional appearances on the English-language feed to a British audience.
Becker, 55, is trying to rebuild his broadcasting career after he was convicted in April of concealing assets worth more than £2 million from his creditors. He served a little over seven months of his 30-month prison sentence — first at Wandsworth
