Hey everyone.
I feel like we need to start with Alexander Zverev, as most of this week’s questions—and chatter—pertained to him. ICYMI, here’s Ben Rothenberg’s Racquet Magazine interview with Olya Sharypova who amplifies her allegations, adds a strenuous amount of detail and alleges abuse at multiple tournaments. It’s a tough read. But it’s worth your time. As this story continued to ripple, Zverev played stellar tennis, beating Rafa Nadal in Paris en route to reaching the final. As, of course is his right, he declined to address substantive questions about the allegations.
Ben invited me on his podcast and we spoke about how this is—ringingly and glaringly—at odds with how other sports would handle the same fact pattern.