It was a piece of German tennis history. On August 5, 1992 Boris Becker and Michael Stich won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
The two Wimbledon winners defeated the South Africans Wayne Ferreira and Piet Norval 7: 6 (7: 5), 4: 6, 7: 6 (7: 5) and 6: 3 in the final, which at that time was still played over three sets of wins.
That it even came to this double was anything but a matter of course. The relationship between Becker and Stich was considered difficult. The two German tennis stars pulled themselves together especially for the goal of Olympic gold.
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“The two did not speak a word to each other at the time. It took a great deal of diplomatic skill. Both were world-class players, highly motivated – but I had to bring them together, “said the then German David Cup team boss Niki Pilic at” Tennisnet “.
Even within the tournament, the road to gold was rocky. Both in the quarter-finals against the Spaniards Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez Vicario and in the semifinals against Javier Frana and Christian Miniussi, the Germans had to go over five sets. But in the end there was one of the greatest successes of her career.
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