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This is an archive article published on May 29, 1998

Becker bares it all, uncomfortably

SINGAPORE, May 28: German tennis ace Boris Becker admits to being very uncomfortable when he was photographed nude in the company of 30 or 4...

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SINGAPORE, May 28: German tennis ace Boris Becker admits to being very uncomfortable when he was photographed nude in the company of 30 or 40 strangers recently.

8220;Normally I undress only in front of my wife,8221; Becker said in an interview broadcast last night by Singapore Government television. He said it took a couple of hours, and some coffee chat, before he became comfortable enough with the photographer to pose for underwear ads 8220;in a room full of strangers.8221;

Becker, on a watch promotion tour, shed little light on whether he might return to Wimbledon, the tournament he won three times before last year8217;s loss to Pete Sampras. Becker had announced his retirement from Wimbledon play.

Speaking in general about cutting back his 45-50-week per year tennis playing schedule to spend time with his family, Becker said yesterday, 8220;I decided to stop when I was still on top of my profession, not when others are beating me all the time and it became obvious I had to go out.8221;

 

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