Boris Becker blocked from Wimbledon return after being snubbed by BBC

Boris Becker has revealed that he is blocked from attending Wimbledon, and visiting the UK entirely, after he was deported to Germany in December 2022. Becker won the tournament on three occasions, his first coming while he was just 17, and he returned in retirement as both a coach and pundit for the BBC.

However, he was not present on the Beeb's broadcast last year, as Jannik Sinner beat Carlos Alcaraz in the final. The German legend has not been to the All England Club since he was sentenced to prison three years ago, but he is hopeful of returning in the future.

"Well first of all I have to be allowed back into the country, because of my deportation I'm not allowed yet," Becker explained to talkSPORT.

"I'm working closely with the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice just to give them enough reasons for me to come back.

"I love London, I love Wimbledon. I think once I'm allowed back I'm talking then with the responsible people at the tournament but I don't think that's going to be the issue. It's more me being allowed back into the country."

Becker has not been part of the BBC's coverage since 2021 while he was also reportedly overlooked by TNT Sports, who showed daily highlights and also shared coverage of the finals with the BBC.

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That was despite Becker teaming up with TNT to help cover the French Open in Paris.

Becker has detailed his experience inside HMP Wandsworth in a book, to be released on Thursday, titled: 'Inside: Winning. Losing. Starting Again'.

And he has shared the anguish he felt inside prison, knowing the stage of some of his most famous victories were situated so close by.

"It's been two and a half years since and HMP Wandsworth is only two miles from Wimbledon Centre Court but they are two completely different realities," Becker added.

"One is the best place in the world for a tennis player and the other one is one of the most dangerous prisons in the world.

"So I've lived both and in order to digest it to learn my lessons it was greatly therapeutic for me to sit down with Tom and it took us 15 months to write that book and I had to let it all out.

"In order to write a book like that you (have) got to be honest. You've got to talk about the things you really don't want to talk about but how are you going to deal with it? I felt it was very, very necessary to do so."