The German tennis player, who made his debut with a victory at the Australian Open, will have to go to court on May 31 after a complaint filed by his former partner, Brenda Patea.
It had bittersweet beginnings Alexander Zverev at the Australian Open. Despite the conquest of his compatriot Dominik Koepfer by partials of 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 and 6-3 in the first round of the Grand Slam, The current 6th in the ATP rankings, must face a trial after his ex-girlfriend, Brenda Patea, denounced him for physical attacks against her.
More precisely, Patea, who is also the mother of Zverev’s son , accuses that during her stay in an Airbnb in Berlin in May 2020, the tennis player pushed and strangled her during a heated argument something that reportedly left him with a sore throat and difficulty swallowing. After this accusation, The athlete was fined £392,000 by a Berlin court.
In an interview with the German newspaper Suddeitsche Zeitung, the woman said that He delayed pursuing the charges because he felt “a mixture of shame, fear of Zverev’s lawyers and concern for the child.”
The 26-year-old German denied the accusations in conversation with the British newspaper The Times. “I think it’s completely absurd. “Anyone with a semi-standard IQ knows what this is.” The tennis player’s lawyers They decided to contest the sanction so they were awaiting their trial.
This Monday, German media announced that will not have to appear in court However, A public trial will take place in Berlin on May 31. This proceeding will last another eight days. It is important to mention that The dates of the trial coincide with the French Open, a tournament in which he was a semi-finalist in the last edition.
Previously, Zverev had previously been accused of something similar . He is also his ex-partner, Olga Sharypova had already denounced him. In this case, he accused her of physically abusing her during the 2019 ATP Masters in Shanghai. About, The ATP conducted a 15-month investigation and then acquitted the tennis player without finding enough evidence to support the accusation.
The reactions
After the news was announced, several tennis players, who focus on the first Grand Slam of the year , they reacted to the news. The first was the current world number 1, Iga Swiatek who during a press conference declared that “Whatever answer I give, I mean, there’s no right answer to that. I think what they decide depends on the ATP. It is surely not good for an indicted player to be promoted.
Greek, Stefanos Tsitsipas declined to make any statements about the matter. “I won’t say anything about it. I don’t know the situation. I don’t know completely. “I have nothing to comment on that.” . While Casper Ruud , claimed not to have had time to think. “I haven’t had much time to think about it and I don’t really have an opinion at the moment.
The last to broach the subject was the Bulgarian, Grigor Dimitrov, who is part of the ATP players council . “I think this is an issue that everyone needs to sit down together and talk about. This is my message in this sense. Of course, now that these things happen, I personally didn’t know that. So I’m sure if you ask everyone, it’s something that, if need be, I guess we’ll all sit down and talk about it.” he concluded.
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