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Boris Becker plans to sell Wimbledon trophies to ease financial woes

Updated on: 07 October,2017 09:02 AM IST  | 
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German tennis great Boris Becker is planning to sell his Wimbledon trophies and auction four luxury watches after reports claimed that he has debts of £54million

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German tennis great Boris Becker is planning to sell his Wimbledon trophies and auction four luxury watches after reports claimed that he has debts of £54million. Becker now faces having his personal property repossessed. This news comes months after he was declared bankrupt over a debt of £3.34million.

Boris Becker
Boris Becker


According to British tabloid, The Daily Mail, Becker, 49, is hopeful of raising £1million by selling the cups he won in the 1980s. "Boris needed to find cash fast. Selling his precious Wimbledon trophies was deemed the quickest way," a source close to him was quoted as saying by the British tabloid.



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