Six-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker has disclosed that he struggled to cope with the pressure that came with winning the Grand Slam as a teenager.
Recall that Becker won the Wimbledon title at the age of 17 after defeating Kevin Curren in the 1985 final at the All England Club.
In a chat with BBC Sports, Becker stated that he shot himself in the foot by winning Wimbledon at 17.
“If you remember any other wunderkind, they usually don’t make it to 50 because of the trials and tribulations that come after,” the 57-year-old told BBC Sport on Wednesday.
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“Whatever you do, wherever you go, whoever you talk to, it becomes a world sensation.
“It becomes the headline of some of the most important papers of tomorrow. And you’re just trying to mature, just trying to find your feet in the world.
“When you start a second career everything is measured at this success of winning Wimbledon at 17. And that changed the road ahead tremendously. I’m happy to have won three, but maybe 17 was too young. I was still a child.”
