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Alexander Zverev reacts during his code pursuing the men's singles last against Jannik Sinner astatine the Australian Open tennis title successful Melbourne. (AP Photo)
Alexander Zverev was heckled by a pistillate aft helium mislaid the Australian Open men’s singles last connected Sunday to Jannik Sinner.
The pistillate made a notation to the 2 carnal maltreatment cases against the tennis subordinate close arsenic helium was astir to talk during the trophy ceremonial astatine the Rod Laver Arena.
According to a study successful Fox Sports Australia, the pistillate reportedly yelled: “Australia believes Olya and Brenda! Australia Believes Olya and Brenda!”
Her comments were successful notation to the World No 2’s erstwhile partners — Brenda Patea and Olya Sharypova — who person gone nationalist with accusations of home violence. In fact, a 2024 tribunal lawsuit was settled without a uncovering of guilt oregon innocence.
WATCH: Alexander Zverev gets heckled
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Who are Brenda Patea and Olya Sharypova?
The World No 2 was accused of “physically abusing and damaging the wellness of his erstwhile partner, Brenda Patea, during an statement successful Berlin backmost successful May 2020. Zverev has a girl with Patea. Before Patea, determination were besides allegations astir Zverev from Olya Sharypova, different erstwhile spouse and tennis player, who had alleged connected Instagram successful October 2020 that the German had abused her astatine assorted cities wherever ATP tournaments were being held. Sharypova had claimed that Zverev had punched her successful the look and successful different lawsuit had smothered her with a pillow.
The heckling incidental came aft Zverev became the sixth antheral successful the Open epoch to suffer his archetypal 3 Grand Slam finals.
Zverev’s 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 decision to Sinner successful the Australian Open last follows the German’s last losses astatine the 2020 US Open and 2024 French Open. And portion those erstwhile defeats — to Dominic Thiem astatine the 2020 US Open aft taking the archetypal 2 sets and holding a lucifer point, and to Carlos Alcaraz astatine past year’s French Open aft starring by 2 sets to 1 — had travel aft agelong 5 setters, the decision to Sinner came successful consecutive sets.
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