Alexander Zverev and Olya Sharypova had a rather intense relationship, but we would never assume that things were so bad. It’s important to say that Sascha deserves the benefit of the doubt. The German ace came across as a very nice kid in his early years on tour, but things got rather complicated.
Sascha Zverev has recently hit the news for the fact that his ex-girlfriend revealed that she is pregnant with a baby whose father is Sascha. Soon after another ex-girlfriend Olya Sharypova revealed to the world that she has been physically abused more than once by Zverev.
This is what Olya Sharypova said
Again, Sascha deserves the benefit of the doubt. However, this is what Olya posted on Instagram (translated with google).
I WAS BEATEN AND WILL NOT BE SILENT ANYMORE.
Now I want to tell one very personal and very difficult story for me, which I have already experienced and left in the past.
I am writing this so that girls who are or were in the same situation do not feel lonely and find the strength to live on. I was a victim of domestic violence!
The first time it happened at the beginning of the relationship, there was a quarrel and he hit my head against the wall with such force that I fell on the floor. What happened next? I was accused of raising my hand .. the man who hit me a second ago stood and shouted at me, for which he did not hit, but me. How is this possible?
Why didn’t I leave right away? Why did I forgive? To these questions, I really cannot give answers. I loved. I sincerely loved and wanted to be with this person, it seemed to me that this was just a mistake that we would fix together and leave in the past. But the only thing that was worth leaving in the past was this relationship.
Last August I ran out of the hotel barefoot, beaten. I stood on a New York street and did not know where to go and what to do. He tried to strangle me with a pillow, hit my head against the wall, twisted my arms and at that moment I was really afraid for my life.
This was not the first and not the last situation when a hand was raised against me in a relationship. It was the worst, because at some moments I could not breathe. Honestly, I hardly remember that time, because then there were no colors of life, only fog and a lack of understanding of what was happening. I was a different person, I believed in love and tried to keep it. But people don’t change, as time shows.
The relationship with the abuser is not new now. But when you are in them, it is very difficult for you to get out of them. How did I get out of them? This is a separate story, which I will tell you a little later. Because I will not be silent anymore. Because this is a topic that needs to be discussed. And I’m not afraid anymore. #I’m not afraid”
Alexander Zverev in 2020
Now the world no.7, the German played his last match on the 25th of October when he overcame Diego Schwartzman 6-2 6-1 in the final in Cologne to win his 13th career title.
This year Alexander has an overall 23-8 win-loss record. The German clinched 2 titles in 2020 in Cologne and in Cologne. The German was the runner-up at the U.S. Open.