Boris Becker
TV comeback with a new hairstyle and old vigor
Boris Becker chose a new look for his TV return.
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Boris Becker is back. A few weeks after his release, he celebrated his comeback as a TV expert with “Matchball Becker”.
With the starting shot of the Australian Open on January 16, a tennis legend is officially back: Boris Becker (55), who until recently was in an English prison for almost eight months, presented his show “Matchball Becker” for the first time. on Eurosport.
With unusually short hair, the multiple Grand Slam champion started his TV comeback and analyzed the inglorious start of the German participants in the tournament with a lot of energy – the German delegation had to admit defeat in four opening matches in Melbourne.
On his official Instagram account In the run-up to the first edition of “Matchball Becker”, Becker had demonstrated how hot he was about his return in front of the camera: “Finally the time has come. I’m back and can pursue my passion – documenting tennis, about tennis speak!”
Daily expertise
At the beginning of the year, Warner Bros. Discovery announced in a press release that Becker would be on duty as a Eurosport expert during the Australian Open from January 16th to 29th. Together with commentator and moderator Matthias Stach (60), he is on the air every day to classify the matches from Melbourne and events Down Under and to present the highlights of the tournament day. He also slips into the role of co-commentator and accompanies the top matches.
“I am very pleased that Boris Becker is already returning to our Eurosport team for the Australian Open,” says Jochen Gundel, Senior Manager Sport at Warner Bros. Discovery Germany. Becker has been an integral part of the tennis broadcasts on Eurosport since 2017 and has received an incredible amount of recognition and encouragement in this role, for example by winning the German Television Prize.