Teresa Enke
Robert Enke’s widow sharply criticizes Boris Becker
Teresa Enke finds very clear words in the direction of Boris Becker.
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Teresa Enke sharply attacked statements by Boris Becker. The tennis legend previously commented on Naomi Osaka’s Wimbledon cancellation.
Sharp words from Teresa Enke (45) in the direction of Boris Becker (53). The widow of the former DFB goalkeeper Robert Enke, who committed suicide in 2009 at the age of 32, referred in a tweet from the Robert Enke Foundation position on statements of the German tennis legend. Becker criticized in an interview with the British newspaper “The Times” previously the Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka (23), who recently canceled her participation in the Wimbledon tournament due to psychological problems.
Becker commented on this decision with the words: “She is healthy, she is wealthy, so where is the pressure?” If you can’t deal with the media, it is difficult to be a professional tennis player, said Becker. In addition, it is difficult to earn your prize money or sponsorship money without the media. Osaka previously blamed media pressure for her depression, boycotted the press on her last appearance at the French Open and withdrew from the tournament shortly afterwards. Osaka said a little later that she wanted to protect herself because she felt vulnerable.
Sharp reaction on Twitter
Enke now speaks directly to Becker in response to his statements: “Dear Boris Becker, Are you serious? Naomi Osaka is currently not healthy! Depression is not a question of money, success or luxury – depression is an illness that unfortunately can hit anyone.” The Robert Enke Foundation, of which Teresa Enke is the chairman of the board, supports projects, measures and facilities that provide information about heart diseases in children and depression and that serve to research or treat them.
Her husband Robert Enke, who was an active Bundesliga player and national player at the time, committed suicide as a surprise to the public in 2009. Immediately after his death, Enke made the severe depression public that her husband had struggled with for many years. Their first daughter together died of a serious heart defect in 2006 at the age of only two.
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