“Deutschland, über alles,” shouted one of the spectators at Arthur Ashe Stadium as the German tennis player was about to serve. Zverev reacted immediately and went to the umpire.
“He told me the most famous Hitler line there is. That’s unacceptable,” Zverev complained in the fourth set, which the 2020 New York Grand Slam finalist later lost. The referee asked the spectators to be considerate of the players and the security escorted the man in the blue cap out of the stadium during the change of sides.
Alexander Zverev hears neo-Nazi encouragement and immediately goes to alert the referee: “He just said Hitler’s most famous line. It’s not acceptable. Unbelievable.”
The person will be removed from the court. Well done. pic.twitter.com/lqhd3KXCF8
— Tennis Legend (@TennisLegend) September 5, 2023
“He showed up for a long time. I like it when the fans are loud, full of emotion. But I’m German and I’m not proud of that history. He sat in one of the front rows and a lot of people heard it. So if I didn’t react, I think it would be wrong “, he added.
On Monday, Zverev played for the first time at this year’s US Open on the Arthur Ashe main court with a capacity of 23,000 spectators. The match didn’t end until half past two in the night. The German tennis player defeated Sinner 6:4, 3:6, 6:2, 4:6, 6:3 and he will face world number one Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.
Security was looking for a fan who yelled during the Jannik Sinner & Alexander Zverev match.
Zverev said he yelled “the most famous Hitler phrase.”
Security looked for the person for at least 10 minutes.
They escorted a fan out & the crowd cheered as they left. pic.twitter.com/QDClUPqPwu
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) September 5, 2023
With the words ‘Deutschland, Deutschland, über alles’, the first of the three stanzas of the Song of Germany, which was recognized as the anthem of the German Republic in 1922, begins. Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime misinterpreted the opening stanza and appropriated it as one of the symbols of the Third Reich. After the Second World War, however, the Allies, together with other symbols of Nazism, were banned. Germans have only used the third stanza since 1952.
A similar faux paux was committed by the USTA six years ago. At the Fed Cup opening ceremony of the American women against the Germans in Haiti, the singer performed the first verse instead of the third during the opening ceremony and really upset the Germans.
2023-09-05 17:28:00
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