The German Alexander Zverev (6) He assured in the press conference after his victory in the second round of the Australian Open that “I really didn’t want to hear that question after playing for four hours and forty minutes”, after being asked about the trial for alleged gender violence.
Zverev beat the Slovak from the forehand Lukas Klein for a tight 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(5) and 7-6(7).
“That’s the question. I just played a four-hour, forty-minute game. That’s not the question I want to hear, honestly. I have no idea. It’s in May,” he said after being asked about his plans. to physically appear at trial.
Furthermore, it was the first and only question in English, before switching to German, which also angered the player because his interlocutor usually focused on the topic of his problems with his former partners. He was addressing public accusations of domestic violence by Olya Sharypova, a tennis player who dated the German for a long time and did not, as far as is known, take the case to court.
The German tennis player was accused of abusing and physically harming the health of a woman during a dispute in Berlin in May 2020,” according to a court statement issued on October 31, 2023. This is the mother of his child that girl, Brenda. Kick.
The statement explains that Zverev He will be fined 450,000 euros on October 2, but the tennis player denied the facts and appealed the accusation, so the case is being heard in the District Court of Berlin.
The court spokesman explained that the tennis player’s presence at the trial is not required, unless the Tiergarten District Court thinks otherwise.
Source: La Verdad
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