A fan was ejected from a U.S. Open tennis match early Tuesday morning after German player Alexander Zverev complained that the man used language referencing Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime.
Zverev, was the No. 12 seed, serving at 2-2 in the fourth set of his match against No. 6 Jannik Sinner. He suddenly went to chair umpire James Keothavong and pointed toward a fan sitting in the section behind the umpire.
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Fan Kicked Out Of Tennis Game After Yelling “Famous Hitler Phrase” 🎾🗣️
A fan was kicked out of a tennis game yesterday after allegedly yelling out “the most famous Hitler phrase” at a German tennis player.
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After Keothavong asked the fan to identify himself, he was removed by security shortly after. He then asked for all fans to remain respectful towards both players.
“A disparaging remark was directed toward Alexander Zverev,” United States Tennis Association spokesman Chris Widmaier said. “The fan was identified and escorted from the stadium.”
The 26-year-old Tennis star said later that the fan had started “singing the anthem of Hitler that was back in the day. “It was ‘Deutschland über alles’ and it was a bit too much,” he said.
Zverev added: “I think he was getting involved in the match for a long time, though. I don’t mind it. I love when fans are loud. I love when fans are emotional. But I think me being German and not really proud of that history, it’s not really a great thing to do, and I think him sitting in one of the front rows, I think a lot of people heard it. So if I just don’t react, I think it’s bad from my side.”
Zverev said it wasn’t hard to move past the fan’s remark. “It’s his loss, to be honest, to not witness the final two sets of that match,” Zverev said.
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