Tennis champion Boris Becker has been declared bankrupt – by a court official who watched him play on Centre Court.
Lawyers for the three-time Wimbledon winner pleaded with a Bankruptcy Court registrar in London on Wednesday for “a last chance” to pay a long-standing debt.
But Miss Registrar Christine Derrett, who recalled watching him play, said it was “with regret” she had concluded there was a lack of credible evidence that his “substantial” debt would be paid soon and she refused to adjourn the case for a further 28 days.
She announced after a brief hearing: “I make this bankruptcy order at 11.23am.”
She said of Becker, Wimbledon men’s singles champion in 1985, 1986 and 1989: “One has the impression of a man with his head in th…
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