A fan present this Tuesday in the duel between the German Alexander Zverev and the Italian Jannik Sinner, in the round of 16 of the US Open, was expelled from the stadium after denouncing the German who shouted “Hitler’s most famous phrase”. “No no no. You just said the most famous Hitler phrase in the world. It is unacceptable, it is incredible”, said the tennis player to the chair umpire when the match was going 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 and 2-2, when hearing Deutschland uber alles (Germany above all) before a German service.
The television images confirmed that the fan had pronounced those words, which correspond to the first stanza of the German national anthem that was sung until the end of World War II. In addition, it is prohibited since the Nazis appropriated that motto.
Given Zverev’s complaint, the chair umpire tried to identify the fan who uttered that cry. “Who was the smart one who said the phrase? Put your hand up,” he demanded. Finally, other onlookers pointed to the guilty, who was immediately expelled by the security of the enclosure. “He started singing the Hitler anthem. It was too much. As a German, I am not proud of that history and I do not consider it right to do that. He was sitting in the front row, so a lot of people heard him. If I hadn’t reacted, it would have been wrong on my part, ”Zverev said after the match, when he acknowledged that he“ loves it when the fans are active ”and“ make noise ”, but considered that it was“ too much ”.
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