Few days ago, Alexander Zverev starred in one of the dirtiest moments of recent times. The German, just after finishing the doubles match with Marcelo Melo, went to the chair umpire and hit his ladder several times.
After the world reprimand and the sanction of the ATP, a new voice has joined the protest. Serena Williams, winner of 23 Grand Slams, has expressed her disagreement with the act of the German, although the focus of his criticism has gone further.
“Of course there is a double standard. Probably, if what he did was done by me, I would be in jail. I’m not kidding, far from it. When you see this kind of thing on the circuit, it’s normal for you to wonder what It would have happened if I had done it”told journalist Christiane Amanpuor, from the CNN.
Alexander Zverev was recently withdrawn from the Mexican Open after he attacked the umpire’s chair with his racket. As a Black athlete and a woman, @serenawilliams tells me there is a double standard. “I would probably be in jail if I did that,” she says. pic.twitter.com/sINWIeuBcP
— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) March 4, 2022