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Boris Becker has revealed he is set to welcome his fifth child at the age of 57.
The tennis legend confirmed his wife Lilian is pregnant in a touching social media video showing her proudly cradling her baby bump.
'A little miracle is on the way... the best is yet to come,' the caption read.
Becker will become a father again less than three years on from his release from prison, having been jailed at Southwark Crown Court in 2022 for failing to disclose assets and loans to his creditors after declaring himself bankrupt.
He served eight months and in 2024 - a High Court judge discharged his bankruptcy order, saying he had done 'all he reasonably can do' to meet his financial obligations.
Becker married his 35-year-old partner, a political risk analyst with a master's degree, last September in Portofino, Italy and they now live in Milan.
Boris Becker has announced his wife Lilian is pregnant with their first child - his fifth
Becker, 57, married his partner, 35, in a lavish ceremony in Portofino, Italy, last September
Becker has four other children, including son Amadeus (centre), from three different women
The song 'Total Praise' by the American gospel choir Sunday Service Choir played over the pregnancy announcement, in which Lilian could be seen holding her belly. She recorded one clip herself while showing off her bump in a bathroom mirror.
Various photos taken by a professional photographer accompanied the video.
In a recent interview with Stern magazine, Becker spoke lovingly of his wife.
'This is perhaps the first partnership on equal terms for me,' he told the publication. 'No one is more important than the other. I need Lilian, and I hope she needs me too.
'We met at a time when I was feeling very bad.
'Professionally, personally, physically. I was feeling worse than ever before in my life. Despite this, Lilian was interested in me. That's remarkable, because she could only be interested in me as a person because I had nothing else to offer.
'I had never met a woman like that before.'
Becker already has four children by three different women. He married Barbara Feltus in 1993 and the couple had two children - a son, Noah, who was born in 1994, and a daughter, Elias, born in 1999. They announced their separation in December 2000.
Lilian stood by Becker when he was jailed in 2022 for failing to disclose his assets and loans
Lilian is pictured alongside Becker's eldest son, Noah, at Wimbledon in 2022
A smiling Becker poses with his wife and Amadeus during an Easter trip to Dubai
He will now become a father for the fifth time with his wife, saying of their relationship: 'Perhaps the first partnership on equal terms'
A year later, Becker was forced to concede that he was the father of Russian model Angela Ermakova's daughter Anna following a High Court battle.
In 2002, Becker was convicted for tax evasion and attempted tax evasion in Germany. Seven years later, he announced he was engaged to Dutch model Sharlely 'Lilly' Kerssenberg. She gave birth in 2010 to a son, Amadeus.
They announced their separation in 2018.
