{"id":76410,"date":"2023-09-05T16:04:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=76410"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:07:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:07:01","slug":"fan-ejected-from-us-open-match-after-chanting-nazi-phrase-at-german-player-alexander-zverev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/fan-ejected-from-us-open-match-after-chanting-nazi-phrase-at-german-player-alexander-zverev\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan ejected from US Open match after chanting Nazi phrase at German player Alexander Zverev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JACOB GURVIS<\/p>\n<p>(JTA) \u2014 A spectator was ejected from a U.S. Open tennis match early Tuesday morning after allegedly chanting a Nazi anthem at German player Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76411\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bsXyczZg-scaled.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76411\" class=\"wp-image-76411 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bsXyczZg-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bsXyczZg-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bsXyczZg-350x350.jpeg 350w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76411\" class=\"wp-image-76411 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bsXyczZg-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bsXyczZg-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bsXyczZg-350x350.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-76411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander Zverev at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters. (Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the fourth set of Zverev\u2019s match against No. 6 Jannik Sinner, the No. 12 seed approached the umpire\u2019s chair, pointed toward the stands and said, \u201cHe just said the most famous Hitler phrase there is in this world. It\u2019s not acceptable.\u201d The exchange was shown on ESPN\u2019s broadcast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Video of Zverev telling the umpire someone in the crowd shouted the \u201cmost famous Hitler phrase in history\u201d in match vs. Sinner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USOpen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XlWw7ktqjP\">pic.twitter.com\/XlWw7ktqjP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; spotcheck billy (@dutyfreechamp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dutyfreechamp\/status\/1698915279189795109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The umpire, James Keothavong, turned to the crowd and asked the fan to identify himself, before reminding the arena to be respectful to both players. The fan was ultimately identified by security and removed from the event.<\/p>\n<p>After the match, Zverev explained that the fan \u201cstarted singing the anthem of Hitler that was back in the day,\u201d according to the Associated Press. \u201cIt was \u2018Deutschland \u00fcber alles\u2019 and it was a bit too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under Adolf Hitler\u2019s Nazi regime, Germany rewrote the beginning to its national anthem to include the phrase \u201cDeutschland \u00fcber alles,\u201d which means \u201cGermany above all.\u201d The addition was later removed after World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Zverev, who lost the interrupted set but would go on to win the match, said he likes when fans are loud but that he had to intervene in this incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think me being German and not really proud of that history, it\u2019s 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,\u201d said Zverev, a native of Hamburg born to Russian parents, both of whom were professional tennis players. \u201cSo if I just don\u2019t react, I think it\u2019s bad from my side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Tennis Association, which operates the annual tennis grand slam tournament hosted in Queens, New York, acknowledged the incident in a statement, saying \u201cA disparaging remark was directed toward Alexander Zverev. The fan was identified and escorted from the stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The match would ultimately end at about 1:40 a.m. local time. \u201cIt\u2019s his loss, to be honest, to not witness the final two sets of that match,\u201d Zverev said about the fan who had been removed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Fan%20ejected%20from%20US%20Open%20match%20after%20chanting%20Nazi%20phrase%20at%20German%20player%20Alexander%20Zverev\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":76411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1491],"tags":[8790,8795,8788,3148,390],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76410"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76413,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76410\/revisions\/76413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}