World tennis No 7 Alexander Zverev ‘tried to strangle his ex-girlfriend at last year’s US Open’ and another ex who’s pregnant with his child wants NOTHING to do with him
- Olya Sharypova was with Alexander Zverev before their break up last year
- An initial Instagram post from her claimed she was a victim of domestic abuse
- She then revealed to Russian outlet Championat that she was talking about him
- The claims come after another ex-partner said she was pregnant with his child
World No 7 and recent US Open finalist Alex Zverev has been rocked by claims made by an ex-girlfriend that he was the perpetrator of domestic abuse.
The 23-year-old German is the subject of allegations made by former partner Olya Sharypova. The claims come in the immediate aftermath of a different one-time partner, Brenda Patea, saying she is expecting Zverev’s child.
In an interview with the Russian publication Championat, Sharypova expressed a willingness to take a lie detector test.
Olya Sharypova (right), the former partner of Alexander Zverev (left), has claimed he abused her at last year’s US Open by trying to strangle her and hitting her head against a wall
Sharypova posted on Instagram and did not explicitly mention Zvrev’s name, but later confirmed to a Russian outlet that she had been speaking about the German
According to her the incidents mainly took place during last year’s US Open in New York, 12 months ahead of him reaching the final this September.
‘The first time this happened at the beginning of this relationship, there was a quarrel and I got hit with my head against the wall with so much power that I sat on the floor.
‘I ran out of the hotel barefoot. I was standing on the streets of New York and didn’t know where to go and what to do,’ said Sharypova, adding that the Hamburg-born star of Russian parentage ‘tried to choke me with a pillow, hit my head against the wall, twisted my hands. At that moment I was really afraid for my life’.
Sharypova was in a relationship with Zverev for several years before they broke up in 2019
But now she has claimed that the German tried to strangle her and hit her head against a wall
Zverev issued a statement insisting the claims were ‘unfounded’.
‘We have known each other since we were children and shared many experiences together,’ he said. ‘I very much regret that she makes such statements because the accusations are simply not true.’
Zverev’s next tournament is the Paris Masters and his last event is due to be the ATP Finals at the 02 Arena, beginning on November 15. He won the title there in 2018.
l British No 1 Dan Evans yesterday reached the quarter-final in a strong field at the Erste Vienna Open, beating Austria’s Jurij Rodionov 7-5, 6-3.
She also claimed that the domestic abuse against her from Zverev was not a one-time thing
The news comes after Brenda Patea (right) said she was pregnant with Zverev’s child this week
Away from the allegations, Zverev has also made headlines for the wrong reasons this year after admitting he played while feeling ill at the French Open
It wasn’t the first time Zverev has behaved recklessly with Covid-19, having attended Novak Djokovic’s notorious Adria Tour before partying
Zverev had promised fans he was going to self-isolate after competing in Novak Djokovic’s Adria Tour event but was seen partying a few days later
Zverev posted this tweet after the event where he apologised to anyone that he potentially put at risk by playing the tour