VAbout five years ago, when insolvency proceedings had just been opened against him in London, Boris Becker was a guest on the TV show “Bares for Rares”. In the ZDF junk show he offered the tennis racket with which he played his last match in Wimbledon in 1999. A dealer paid 10,000 euros.
But there was trouble afterwards. Because the buyer was sent a very similar, but undoubtedly different racket than Becker had announced. A mistake, as its management later announced. Only to then have to explain why, contrary to what was announced on television, the money had never been donated to the aid organization “Ein Herz für Kinder”. It was then received by another charitable cause, it said. However, it was not announced which one.