To: AugustWest who wrote (4126 ) 1/19/2001 7:05:40 PM From: Apex Respond to of 4201 mob...new biz: sperm banks ===== - WORLD Russian mafia stole my sperm after closet tryst, Becker claims Mystery conception ... Boris Becker and (inset) Russian model Angela Ermakova By Louise Evans and agencies "Bonking Boris" Becker's old nickname has come back to haunt the three-time Wimbledon champion, who will take a paternity test to determine if he fathered a Russian model's baby daughter. While a love child has become just another celebrity accessory for men of the world like Mick Jagger and the Rev Jesse Jackson, it is how Becker came to be with child that revived the old nickname from his playing days when he revolutionised men's tennis while still a teenager. If you believe Becker's defence, and this may require consuming some dark liquid containing high levels of caffeine or alcohol, the Russian mafia stole his sperm to blackmail him over the child. Becker's legal team is reportedly preparing to claim that London-based Russian model Angela Ermakova injected herself with Becker's sperm after having oral sex in a broom cupboard of a London restaurant in July 1999. Becker admits to the close encounter in the cupboard and issued a statement saying: "There is a baby named Anna, and a DNA test will determine who is the mother and who is the father." The German newspaper Bild reported that after Ermakova gave birth to Anna on March 22 last year, Becker received a fax naming him as the father and demanding money in return for silence. Becker's lawyers hired a private detective company to trail Ermakova and rummage through her bins and bank details. Contents of a dirty nappy reportedly linked Becker to the child. Becker's lawyers are now said to be mounting a case to prove Ermakova has Russian mafia connections and that she could have become pregnant by injecting herself with Becker's sperm, following oral sex. The lawyers are expected to call on fertility experts to prove it was possible for Ermakova to do this provided the sample was less than 10 minutes old. This tawdry tale, which is set to titillate a London court in a paternity case brought by Ermakova, follows Becker's divorce from his wife Barbara Feltus this week. The break-up of their seven-year marriage shocked Germany, where their racially mixed union - Barbara's father was a black American - survived their celebrity status and persecution from right-wing elements. Though Becker's personal life has once again become a tabloid tale, his professional life is booming. He enjoys entrée to the highest political and social circles, and has his own marketing company and several Mercedes dealerships. His fortune has been severely dented by his wife, who negotiated a 30 million mark ($25.8 million) divorce settlement which included one of the couple's homes in Munich or Miami, joint custody of their two sons and the upkeep of six bodyguards to protect Feltus and the Becker children. The settlement followed an embarrassing day in a Miami court for Becker, who was humiliated by his wife's lawyers after he refused to speak English, claiming he knew only "tennis English". Now he appears set for another embarrassing day in a court in London, the town that dubbed him "Bonking Boris" when he lost to Australia's Peter Doohan in the second round at Wimbledon in 1987 after winning back-to-back titles. The tabloid theory was that Becker had left his best performance in another dark room, with his then girlfriend Benedicte Courtin.