London - German tennis star Boris Becker, in remarks reported by the tabloid Sun on Thursday, has dismissed the long-held version that his notorious quick sex with model Angela Ermakova was in a broom cupboard of the Nobu restaurant.

It was on the stairs.

The Sun was quoting remarks which Becker gave to the television broadcaster ITV which are to be aired on Saturday, providing details which now deny the broom-closet as the place which the quickie took place in 1999, producing his daughter Anna Ermakova.

"I don't know if a bathroom is a better place but it actually happened on the stairs between the bathrooms so there was no broom cupboard," the 41-year-old Becker reportedly told Piers Morgan on ITV1's Lifestories programme.

He added that he regretted his behaviour which led to the breakup of his marriage to his wife Barbara, but that at the same time he loves "very much" his "beautiful daughter."

"I felt very guilty, ashamed. It was my last day of tennis, now I've cheated on my wife," he said, referring to the fact that the incident came after he had announced his retirement from the sport.

He said he had wanted to go out with some friends, but they all cancelled and he was then alone, depressed and about to "lose my mind" when the encounter with Angela Ermakova took place.

"I live and learn. It cost my marriage, it cost for the next couple of years my private life but having Anna is not a mistake any more," Becker told ITV, according to the Sun.

"I have a beautiful daughter. Today, I wouldn't want to miss it for a minute. I love her very much," he said. (dpa)