Boris Becker and bananas

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Boris Becker and bananas
In 1985 the debutant tennis player Boris Becker, of hardly 17 years, surprised to all when winning the Wimbledon trophy . Between his services and deadly volleys and his acrobatic flights, the most recurrent image of Boris Becker was him eating bananas between game and game. Such was the impact that he created a new fashion that continues to this day. In the last edition of the tournament the organization brought 15,000 bananas only for the 256 players. Almost 60 bananas per player.

Bananas, in addition to being easy to peel and a good source of energy (a medium-sized banana has about 111 calories distributed by three sources of carbohydrates - sucrose, glucose and fructose), has a high concentration of potassium that helps to prevent muscle cramps.

Despite not being the first player to eat bananas during a tennis match, this is something that the Australian player Ken Rosewall already did in the 60s, Boris Becker will forever be remembered as the blond player who ate bananas, many bananas , and that popularized this habit.