{"id":42017,"date":"2021-09-19T17:01:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T21:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=42017"},"modified":"2021-09-19T17:01:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T21:01:42","slug":"laver-cup-zverev-block-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/09\/19\/laver-cup-zverev-block-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Laver Cup Twitter Blocks People Mentioning Zverev Domestic Abuse Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The disturbing allegations surrounding Alexander Zverev are not going anywhere. His ex-girlfriend, Olya Sharypova, met with journalist Ben Rothenberg on <a href=\"https:\/\/racquetmag.com\/2020\/11\/05\/olyas-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">separate occasions last year<\/a>, and has since published a far more detailed account of the alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2021\/08\/alexander-zverev-domestic-abuse-allegations-olga-sharypova.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">events that occurred during their relationship<\/a>. One of the incidents Sharypova claims to have happened was during a Laver Cup event, which is being kept immensely quiet despite a Laver Cup official apparently having to get involved. Now, the Laver Cup Twitter account is blocking people mentioning the allegations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/07\/27\/atp-domestic-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">The ATP&#8217;s silence on the matter<\/a> has been appalling to say the least, and things are getting worse. After the Laver Cup posted a promotional photo of Zverev ahead of the event, the backlash was swift. Many people aware of the alleged Laver Cup 2019 incident (included in Sharypova&#8217;s story with Rothenberg) are furious with this promotion, and it&#8217;s becoming a regular occurrence in every tournament Zverev plays. With the Laver Cup right around the corner, the Twitter account is blocking more and more people.<\/p>\n<h2>Laver Cup Blocks People Mentioning Zverev Allegations<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The top story on my latest Reddit email was about Laver Cup blocking tweeters who shared a link to my Slate article. <\/p>\n<p>Looks like it\u2019s happened to dozens of tweeters who they are trying to silence. Seems to have had the opposite effect\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9gJDx3PrBE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/9gJDx3PrBE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenRothenberg\/status\/1439645815308537856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A major contender returns to Team Europe in his best form. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexZverev?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AlexZverev<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoadToBoston?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RoadToBoston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RKmvvGyu1m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/RKmvvGyu1m<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XySsFMSPdL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/XySsFMSPdL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laver Cup (@LaverCup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaverCup\/status\/1439316021802766336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As several users have shown, the Laver Cup account is blocking people who reply to the tweet with mention of the allegations against Zverev.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd70 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R9mbItejlV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/R9mbItejlV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Peter Pan \ud83d\udc16\ud83d\udc1d\ud83d\udc3c\ud83d\ude07\ud83d\udc20\u2603\ufe0f (@i_am_peterpan_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i_am_peterpan_\/status\/1439576185931976706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/riskhanna\/status\/1439469634579845121<\/p>\n<p>The allegations and the response by the ATP has been causing a storm more and more this year. Zverev&#8217;s blanket denials to the allegations and the horrible attempts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisnet.com\/en\/news\/zverev-family-speaks-about-olya-sharypova-restless-unstable-more-the-party-girl\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gaslight Sharypova from him and his family<\/a> aren&#8217;t helping his cause either. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/32185489\/milos-raonic-rips-atp-response-abuse-allegations-alexander-zverev\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zverev also lied in a press conference<\/a> recently, claiming that a court determined Sharypova was lying, despite there being no court trial.<\/p>\n<p>Without any legal proceedings, it&#8217;s unlikely anything will change. However, as we&#8217;ve seen with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-georgia-court-women-trfn-idUSKBN2750DB\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Basilashvili<\/a>, the presence of a court case clearly makes no difference to weather a player can still participate or not. More players, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/32185489\/milos-raonic-rips-atp-response-abuse-allegations-alexander-zverev\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milos Raonic already has<\/a>, must speak out about this. The world of tennis will be highly benefited if we see a strong response from players to this issue.<\/p>\n<p>The Laver Cup can block people all they want, but these replies are still visible to everyone else. To be quite frank, it&#8217;s an absolutely pathetic response to a very serious issue. An issue which needs direct investigation and discussion by the ATP, rather than being swept under the rug. Things simply cannot go on like this. It&#8217;s tiring for fans who want this issue dealt with, and I&#8217;m sure the ATP and event accounts don&#8217;t want to be dealing with this every day.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a &#8220;personal issue&#8221; by any means. It&#8217;s a hugely important topic which requires a great deal of attention and investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"3Q47EoG1Ra974EUDTrQ2aQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1169782849\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'3Q47EoG1Ra974EUDTrQ2aQ',sig:'eys03Jb-9qVG6ZHRQz0GtTPEJGxyPrsrKZKsrHnOiRc=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1169782849',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The disturbing allegations surrounding Alexander Zverev are not going anywhere. His ex-girlfriend, Olya Sharypova, met with journalist Ben Rothenberg on separate occasions last year, and has since published a far more detailed account of the alleged events that occurred during their relationship. One of the incidents Sharypova claims to have happened was during a Laver [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3775,"featured_media":42022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,2],"tags":[85,2064,3515],"class_list":["post-42017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-atp","category-featured","tag-alexander-zverev","tag-laver-cup","tag-nikoloz-basilashvili"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3775"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}