Alexander Zverev heckled AGAIN over domestic abuse allegations at Munich Open… as the German No1 calls for spectator to be ‘kicked out’

Alexander Zverev asked for a spectator to be removed after he was heckled over domestic abuse allegations during his Munich Open quarter-final. 

The German No 1 was serving at 5-5 in the second set against Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor when the fan shouted: ‘Let’s go, you wife beater.’ 

Zverev then approached chair umpire Fergus Murphy and was heard saying: ‘Fergus, please kick him out’.

It is not yet clear whether security in the arena took action and removed the spectator. 

The latest incident comes after Zverev was also heckled during the Australian Open in January by a spectator, who screamed out the names of two women who have accused the world No2 of domestic violence. 

The woman was removed by security having screamed: ‘Australia believes Olya and Brenda! Australia believes Olya and Brenda!’  

Alexander Zverev asked for a spectator to be removed after he was heckled over domestic abuse allegations at the Munich Open

Olya Sharypova (right) and Brenda Patea (left) made allegations of domestic abuse against the tennis star. He denies the allegations

In 2020 Olya Sharypova, a former girlfriend of Zverev, posted on Instagram accusing him of assaulting her multiple times, allegations she expanded upon in interviews.

Sharypova did not go to the police but the ATP instituted a 15-month, independent investigation. In 2023 it was announced that Zverev would face no punishment as there was insufficient evidence to support Sharypova’s claims.

‘From the beginning, I have maintained my innocence and denied the baseless allegations made against me,’ Zverev said in a statement at the time.

‘I welcomed and fully cooperated with the ATP’s investigation and am grateful for the organization’s time and attention in this matter.’ 

Last May, separate accusations of domestic abuse from Brenda Patea, the mother of Zverev’s child, went to a German court. The case was settled, with the court telling the BBC: ‘The decision is not a verdict and it is not a decision about guilt or innocence.

‘One decisive factor for the court decision was that the witness has expressed her wish to end the trial.

‘The defendant agreed to the termination of the case.’

Zverev said of the court case: ‘At the end of the day, I do believe in the German system. I do believe in the truth, as well. I have to be certain that, you know, I do know what I did, I do know what I didn’t do.

Zverev was heckled by a woman over the accusations during the Australian Open this year 

‘That’s, at the end of the day, what’s going to come out, and I have to trust in that. You know, everything else is out of my hands.

‘Not out of my hands, but I do believe that I’m not going to lose this procedure [sic]. There’s absolutely no chance I am.

‘That’s why I can play calmly, and I think my results have been showing it.

‘Winning [the title in] Rome [earlier in May] I think is a big title, as well, and obviously being here. And if it would be on my mind I wouldn’t be playing the way I am.’

When asked about the protestor during the Australian Open this year, Zverev said afterwards: ‘I believe there are no more accusations. There haven’t been for, what, nine months now.

‘Good for her. I think she was the only one in the stadium who believed anything in that moment. If that’s the case, good for her.

‘I think I’ve done everything I can, and I’m not about to open that subject again.’

Meanwhile, Zverev went on to claim a 6-7(6) 7-6(3) 6-4 win against Griekspoor during Friday’s clash. He will face Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan in the semi-final on Saturday.

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