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Youngest Wimbledon champion shares secrets of success with kids
London, Dec 07: Tennis legend Boris Becker inspires young children to dream about becoming Wimbledon champions.
London, Dec 07: Tennis legend Boris Becker inspires young children to dream about becoming Wimbledon champions.
Boris Becker was the centre of attention for a group of children who had the opportunity of taking part in a clinic with the three-times Wimbledon champion on Wednesday (December 4), in London. The 36 year-old German is in England to take part in a challenge tournament against other veterans such as John McEnroe and Mats Wilander but took time off to participate as an ambassador in the city tennis programme which involves 25,000 children. Charly Hunt, aged nine, said Becker made her run and hit the ball back at him. Becker, the youngest Wimbledon champion in 1985 at the age of 17 years seven months, is hoping that his participation in the programme would help to make tennis more appealing for a generation who is more attracted to soccer. "Every kid nowadays want to be a second David Beckham. And that's good, in football you're good but in tennis you need some more young Tim Henmans and therefore this programme in my opinion just find areas where there is need for it," Becker said.
McEnroe has also been invited to a special session with the children who are just delighted to be so close to the legends of the sport they are just starting to learn.
Bureau Report
Boris Becker was the centre of attention for a group of children who had the opportunity of taking part in a clinic with the three-times Wimbledon champion on Wednesday (December 4), in London. The 36 year-old German is in England to take part in a challenge tournament against other veterans such as John McEnroe and Mats Wilander but took time off to participate as an ambassador in the city tennis programme which involves 25,000 children. Charly Hunt, aged nine, said Becker made her run and hit the ball back at him. Becker, the youngest Wimbledon champion in 1985 at the age of 17 years seven months, is hoping that his participation in the programme would help to make tennis more appealing for a generation who is more attracted to soccer. "Every kid nowadays want to be a second David Beckham. And that's good, in football you're good but in tennis you need some more young Tim Henmans and therefore this programme in my opinion just find areas where there is need for it," Becker said.
McEnroe has also been invited to a special session with the children who are just delighted to be so close to the legends of the sport they are just starting to learn.
Bureau Report