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Ecclestone nearly became big boss of tennis
26 March, 2013 Bernie Ecclestone
F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has revealed how close he came to being involved and changing forever the international game of tennis.
Sportsvibe reports that the Formula 1 chief executive led a consortium including legend Boris Becker and former player turned businessman Ion Tiriac that wanted to take over the game a decade ago.
Ecclestone, who said the trio came 'very close' to running tennis, said the International Tennis Federation ultimately asked for 'too much money'.
'I argued that the sport needed to be better geared towards television,' he said. 'We would have introduced one serve only per point and also a timed cut-off point to a match so that...
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