An early scene in Boom Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker, a new two-part documentary about the German tennis great who famously won Wimbledon at the age of 17 before going down like the Hindenburg, encapsulates what’s made the athlete such a controversial figure. Ion Tiriac, a Romanian businessman who managed Becker at the height of his powers, from 1984 to 1993, compares the athlete to “a child” tempting fate by repeatedly sticking his finger into a flame.
“He just tries to see if he’s getting burned or not getting burned,...
“He just tries to see if he’s getting burned or not getting burned,...
- 4/7/2023
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
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