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Boris Becker's Ambitious Plans for Tennis Resort

Filed under: Journeys, Services

Tennis star Boris Becker has been busy making big plans over on the luxurious Al Marjan Island: he's building a mega-resort that's being touted as one of the area's most ambitious ever. The Boris Becker Beach Resort and Tennis Academy will offer two ocean front exposures and 2.5 million square feet of luxury holiday homes, high end resort and spa facilities, a five star hotel, and of course a world-class tennis academy 50% owned by Becker himself.

A couple of interesting facts: the academy and resort will be partially solar powered, the design is meant to represent a sea turtle when viewed from the air, and it's all scheduled to be finished by 2010.

Boris Becker IWC Watch

Filed under: Timepieces

Famed German tennis champ  Boris Becker has endorsed a limited edition watch named after him and produced by IWC Schaffhausen. The stainless steel watch is limited to only 250 pieces and has a dark green dial and crocodile strap to symbolize the greens of Wimbledon. The watch has a mechanical chonograph and a convex sapphire crystal. Becker became the  youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a teenager in 1985 and the watch has an engraving of Becker as champion on the case back. Becker currently plays on the Senior ATP Tour and is a "watch enthusiast." The watch can be found for $7,300 online.


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