Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker says he’s the brand new coach of Denmark’s world quantity six Holger Rune.
Becker was launched early from a UK jail final December having been discovered responsible of hiding £2.5 million price of property and loans to keep away from paying money owed.
The 55-year-old German coached Novak Djokovic from 2013 to 2016, during which time the Serb received six Grand Slams.
His new cost Rune, 20, has been tipped as a future Slam champion, however has received just one match since Wimbledon.
Rune reached the quarter-finals at SW19 this 12 months, equalling his finest run at a serious, however misplaced in straight units to eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz.
Becker revealed his new position as Rune’s coach on a German Eurosport podcast.
“It makes me somewhat proud that he requested me,” Becker stated. “The contact has existed for a very long time. Now it was an excellent match.
“My calendar permits it and I’ve at all times been all for Holger as a result of he’s on the tennis court docket with a lot dedication and temperament.”
Six-time Grand Slam winner Becker was jailed for 2 and a half years in April 2022 after being discovered responsible of 4 costs beneath the Insolvency Act.
Upon his early launch, he was deported to Germany and, beneath the phrases of his licence, won’t be able to return to the UK earlier than October 2024 – which might forestall him teaching at subsequent 12 months’s Wimbledon.
Aside from his three-season spell working with Djokovic, Becker has spent nearly all of his post-playing profession as a pundit and commentator for media organisations together with the BBC.