"Together", writes Barbara Becker simply to a series of photos that she posted on Instagram on May 17th. Boris Becker's ex-wife not only cuddles with her own sons Noah and Elias, but also with the offspring of another tennis legend: Carl-Uwe Steeb.
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The Becker sons and the Steeb sons are good friends
Two handsome boys on the left, two handsome boys on the right. Barbara Becker could be much worse. Your own sons Noah Becker and Elias Becker are of course immediately recognizable, but other ex-tennis professionals also have beautiful sons. Carl-Uwe Steeb, called Charly, for example. In addition to Barbara, his boys are also grinning for the camera: Luke and Jeremy Steeb.
And if you take a closer look at Luke and Jeremy's Instagram accounts, you will see that the Becker and Steeb sons are very close friends.
Boris and Charly met "already when they were ten"
Just like their fathers once did, because Boris and Charly have known each other since they were young, as Steeb revealed to "Zeit Magazin" in 2017: "We first met when we were ten years old when we were sighted. He was number one in Baden, I in Württemberg, our paths crossed even more frequently in the following years."
You could probably say that. In 1988, Charly Steeb initiated the German tennis team's Davis Cup victory with his surprising victory over Mats Wilander, who went down in tennis history as "The Miracle of Gothenburg". The next day, buddy Boris and Eric Jelen beat Swedish world-class doubles Anders Järryd and Stefan Edberg. The first German Davis Cup victory in history.
Game, set and match for a very special friendship
Neither the Becker nor the Steeb sons became tennis pros like their fathers. But good buddies - like their fathers. Game, set and match for a very special friendship.
The emoji that Barbara Becker uses on Instagram for the photos shows how close the cohesion is: the grateful praying hands. Someone seems very happy to be able to hug all the boys again.
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