Boris Becker | Tennis guru David Law on watching Becker grow up in the spotlight | 4

British Scandal

Wondery

Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

David Law is one of Britain’s leading tennis commentators. As host of the award-winning Tennis Podcast and part of BBC 5 Live’s Wimbledon coverage, he’s seen exactly what goes on, on and off the court. He takes Matt and Alice inside his unforgettable early dealings with Boris Becker, the star player’s ‘addiction’ to fame, and the unique loneliness of playing tennis as a career. Plus, David weighs in on whether we will ever see Boris Becker at Wimbledon again.

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0:00.0	Wundry Plus is better than ever with updates just for our UK listeners.
0:04.1	Wundry Plus subscribers can listen to British scandal early and ad free.
0:08.2	Join Wundry Plus in the Woundry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:11.9	Start your free trial now.
0:14.0	From Wundery, I'm Alice Levine.
0:20.0	And I'm Matt Ford, and this is saying something.
0:38.0	We've been there for Grand Slam victories, coach firings, career breaks, returns to form and a prison sentencing.
0:45.0	You missed out one of the top answers, his very tiring love life.
0:48.5	It has been incredibly draining. In fact, even his current account was getting drained.
0:53.0	Oh, very good.
0:54.0	Because he was bankrupt.
0:55.0	Lovely.
0:56.0	And actually, just to continue on a theme,
0:58.0	he was also incredibly drained because of his ability to create children
1:01.0	in all manner of places.
1:02.0	Is it too much? I'll move on swiftly.
1:04.1	Basically we burnt a lot of calories over the last three episodes.
1:08.0	Yeah, I feel like we all now know what it takes to be an elite athlete.
1:11.8	Yes, absolutely. I think one of the things that we both
1:14.4	recognized was that it's just the most unbelievable amount of pressure
1:18.6	to have put on you at such a young age.
1:20.4	He was 17 when he won his first Wimbledon.
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