Boris Becker had some time to write his autobiography (“Wimbledon: My Life and Career at the All England Club”) and in his book he had harsh words to say against Federer.
Federer is well paid because he acts nice…
Boris commented “The reason Roger is one of the highest-paid athletes of all time is because he’s liked by everybody. But think about this – you can’t possibly be liked by everybody… He makes good money out of his image, but would he make less if we saw a bit more of his true feelings?”
…players are not “real” because they fear to be fined
Then he added “People occasionally put it to me that tennis is more boring now than when I played, and when I ask them why they say there are fewer characters.
I reply that we have great characters, but it’s true they don’t show it as much because they can’t. They get fined and there are microphones on the court that pick up every curse or utterance in frustration. As a result, it’s very difficult to verbalise your frustration nowadays because everyone hears it and you go back to the locker room to face a fine of $10,000 or $20,000 or even more.”
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