GERMAN tennis player Alexander Zverev dismissed the €450,000 (RM2.27 million) fine handed to him for allegedly assaulting a woman in May 2020 as “bullshit” yesterday.

“I think it’s complete bullshit,” said world no. 9, after his second-round victory in the Paris Masters.

“Anybody that has semi-standard IQ levels knows what this is all about.”

Zverev has been “accused of physically abusing a woman and damaging her health during an argument” in the German capital over three years ago, said a spokesman for the Berlin courts on Tuesday.

The former world no. 2 is contesting the fine, which was issued on October 2, and has “lodged an objection”, the spokesman said.

She added that until a final ruling is made, Zverev is considered to be innocent.

The name of the complainant was not cited by the court, but Zverev’s lawyers rejected the accusations in a statement and named the woman as Brenda Patea, the tennis player’s ex-girlfriend.

The allegations made by Patea “which alone form the basis for the penalty order, have already been refuted by a forensic medical report”, the lawyers said. – AFP, November 2, 2023.