Novak Djokovic stated he’s “heartbroken” for his former coach Boris Becker after the tennis nice was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail in Britain for illicitly transferring giant quantities of cash and hiding property after he was declared bankrupt.
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The 54-year-old Becker coached Djokovic for three years beginning in Dec. 2013.
“(I’m) just heartbroken, I mean, for him,” Djokovic stated on Sunday in Spain forward of the Madrid Open. “He’s a friend, a long-time friend, a coach for three, four years, someone I consider close in my life and has contributed a lot to my success in my career.”
Becker was handed his sentence on Friday following his conviction on April 8 on 4 prices beneath Britain’s Insolvency Act. The three-time Wimbledon champion was discovered to have transferred a whole bunch of hundreds of kilos ({dollars}) after his June 2017 chapter from his enterprise account to different accounts.
Djokovic, a 20-time Grand Slam winner, stated he wouldn’t touch upon the main points of Becker’s court docket case.
“I just hope he will go through this period that he has to be in jail and that when he comes out he’s, you know, being able to live his life as, I don’t know if we’ll use the word ‘normal,’ because the life is definitely changing,” Djokovic stated. “I just pray for him. I hope things will be well in terms of his health, his mental health, because that’s going to be the most challenging part.”
Djokovic is looking for to return to full type in Madrid forward of the French Open later this month.
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