Tennis star and six time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker has joined forces with Mission Hills Group, aiming to develop the sport in China and unearth Chinese Grand Slam champions by creating the world's first Boris Becker Tennis Academy in the country.

Becker commented 'I am passionate about helping young tennis players to develop and it is my great hope that here at the Boris Becker Tennis Academy at Mission Hills we can uncover China's next generation of tennis stars, and set them on their way to becoming Grand Slam contenders'.