As he listened to his fellow inmates’ screams from his dank, mouldy Victorian cell, Boris Becker realised he was just a couple of miles from Centre Court. The manicured bliss of his beloved All ...

(Editor’s note: The Athletic originally ran this story in July 2025.) It was the Wimbledon of 1985, and Boris Becker was in trouble. Down two sets to one against American Tim Mayotte in the fourth ...

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