United Kingdom, Feb. 7 -- Boris Becker found being sent to prison "a huge embarassment".

The tennis legend - who was freed from jail and deported back to Germany from Britain in December 2022 under an early release scheme after serving only eight months of his two-and-a-half year sentence for breaching bankruptcy rules - refused to "feel sorry" for himself when he was sent behind bars and has taken responsibility for his own actions.

He told The Times newspaper: "Of course it's a huge embarrassment and of course you're shameful, but you cannot feel sorry for yourself. If you feel like a victim you're never going to make it out. I never felt like a victim and very early on I was trying to take responsibility for my actions, good and bad....