The German tennis player Alexander Zverev is appealing a fine he received for allegedly abusing his girlfriend—an
allegation he refutes—and the court in Berlin has began to hear his case. The world No. 4 player is competing in the French Open in Paris, and his attorneys
are fighting the fine he received in October for allegedly attempting to strangle his former partner and mother of his three-year-old daughter, Mayla, Brenda Patea. The fine was €450,000 (£384,000, $489,000). The prosecution
told the court how Zverev reportedly threw Patea against a wall in May 2020 at a Berlin apartment “after a heated argument” and strangled her with both hands. Patea had trouble breathing and
swallowing, and for several days after that, she experienced throat pain.An The world No. 4 player is competing in the French Open in Paris, and his attorneys are fighting the fine he received in October for allegedly attempting to strangle his former partner and mother of his three-year-old daughter, Mayla, Brenda Patea. The fine was €450,000 (£384,000, $489,000). The prosecution told the court how Zverev reportedly threw Patea against a wall in May 2020
at a Berlin apartment “after a heated argument” and strangled her with both hands. The court was informed that Patea had trouble breathing and swallowing, and that she experienced throat pain for a few days later. Alfred
Dierlamm, the principal defense attorney for Zverev, informed the judge that the charges were “unfounded and contradictory.” He stated that the court will hear eyewitness testimony and would
