Djokovic is also worried about whether Becker will be able to live a “normal” life when he is released from prison. Becker, 54, coached the Serb for three years, starting in December 2013. Speaking in Spain ahead of the Open Madrid, Djokovic said: “He is a friend, a long-time friend, a coach for three, four years, someone I consider close in my life and has contributed a lot to my success in my career. “ Djokovic declined to comment on the case, but added: “I’re just praying for him. I hope things go well for him, for his mental health, because that’s going to be the hardest part. “I just hope he gets through this period that he has to be in prison and that when he gets out he can, you know, live his life like, I do not know if we will use the word ‘normal.’ “…” Boris Becker’s daughter, meanwhile, shared her “shock” over her father’s imprisonment, adding that she feared it would be difficult for his young son. Anna Ermakova said she wrote to the judge who jailed the father of the tennis champion for two and a half years for bankruptcy fraud. He added that he had asked for forgiveness because his 12-year-old son, Amadeus, is now “without a paternal figure”. Image: Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker jailed for two years and six months Ms Ermakova, who was arrested during Becker’s infamous sex with waitress Angela Ermakova at London’s Nobu restaurant in 1999, told the German newspaper Bild: “I wrote a letter to the court to express my displeasure my half-brother, Amadeus. “Besides, he is only 12 years old and now he will have to do without a paternal figure, which he will miss in a difficult phase of his development. “It’s not fair to him. It will be difficult for Amadeus.” Judge Deborah Taylor sentenced six-time Grand Slam champion to 30 months in prison at Southwark Crown Court on Friday for hiding και 2.5 million in assets and loans to avoid paying off his debts. He will serve half the sentence. The 54-year-old three-time Wimbledon champion and former world number one was declared bankrupt on June 21, 2017 because he owed creditors almost εκατο 50 million for an unpaid loan of more than εκατο 3 million on his estate in Mallorca, Spain. The BBC commentator Becker transferred almost 427,000 euros (approximately 39 390,000) from his business account to others, including those of his ex-wife Barbara Feltus and his estranged wife Sharlely “Lilly” Becker. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:27 Boris Becker was jailed for two years and six months for bankruptcy offenses The father of four also failed to declare his stake in a 1 1m property in the German city of Leimen, hid a 8 825,000 (700 700,000) bank loan worth 1 1.1m in interest, and hid 75,000 shares. to a technology company, worth £ 66,000. Becker, who was sentenced to two years in prison on suspicion of tax evasion and attempted tax evasion worth 1.7 million euros (approximately 4 1.4 million) in Germany in 2002, was found guilty last month of four insolvency law offenses between June 21 and October 3, 2017. Image: Anna Ermakova, Becker’s daughter, said she was shocked by her father’s imprisonment “I will support him” Ms Ermakova told Bild: “I will support him and visit him whenever I can. “I hope this helps him pass the time a little bit.” Becker has two sons, Noah, 27, and Elias, 22, with his first wife, Mrs. Feltus, and Amadeus with his second wife, Dutch model Lilly Kerssenberg.
