Doesn't feel respected enough in his Romanian hometown: Ilie Nastase. © APA/afp / JUSTIN TALLIS

“I am a prisoner of these trophies”

Ilie Nastase, former number one in the tennis world rankings, wants to have a monument erected in Bucharest, but at the same time struggles with his fame. The monument already exists, and now he wants to persuade Mayor Nicusor Dan to assign it a worthy location in the Romanian capital.

28 May 2021

By: nie/dpa