Fan ejected from US Open match after German player said the man used language from Hitler's regime
Fan ejected from US Open match after German player said the man used language from Hitler's regime
A fan was ejected from a U.S. Open tennis match early Tuesday morning after German player Alexander Zverev complained the man used language from Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime.
A fan was ejected from a U.S. Open tennis match early Tuesday morning after German player Alexander Zverev complained the man used language from Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime.
Zverev, the No. 12 seed, was serving at 2-2 in the fourth set of his match against No. 6 Jannik Sinner when he suddenly went to chair umpire James Keothavong and pointed toward the fan, who was sitting in a section behind the umpire.
“He just said the most famous Hitler phrase there is in this world,” Zverev told Keothavong. “It’s not acceptable.”
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“He started singing the anthem of Hitler that was back in the day. It was ‘Deutschland über alles’ and it was a bit too much,” Zverev said.
Shoutout to Germans and their zero tolerance policy and these sorts of shenanigans.
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Arbeit macht frei.
Over the gate of Auschwitz.
America First
Build that wall?
German player Alexander Zverev
:)))))))
Very German.
He was born in Germany and is a German citizen, so yes.
His parents are of Russian origin though and probably German citizens by now.
"Deutschland über alles" is still more or less part of our current anthem, so that's kinda ridiculous...
It's not though.
It's part of the poem the anthem is based on. The meaning has been perverted from one of cultural reach to one of conquest.
I was about to say. I'm not German and I could be wrong but isn't it the first line in your current anthem? Would love for a German to put it into context other than just 'Hitler bad' why is that specific first line of the anthem associated with him?
https://www.dw.com/en/the-german-national-anthem-and-its-pitfalls/a-40102655
Very detailed explanation
https://www.dw.com/en/the-german-national-anthem-and-its-pitfalls/a-40102655
Your national anthem is the third verse of the original song.
"I think he was getting involved in the match for a long time, though. I don’t mind it, I love when fans are loud, I love when fans are emotional"
sounds like the guy had been cheering loudly in support of Zverev the whole match, and this was after a couple of hours and the guy legitimately just got really carried away shouting some stupid shit.. doesn't sound like the fan was seriously supporting Hitler or anything.. apparently just a loud moron who needed some attention..
"Shouting some stupid shit" is a really generous description of chanting Nazi slogans.
Idk. I don't think this particular phrase would even enter my mind as something to chant, and I am German. That's not the first time he chanted that, I'm sure. It is taboo for sure, but it's not in the cultural consciousness a lot, there's more "popular" nazi slogans. You'd either have to search your brain for something specifically Hitler related or be very familiar with the old anthem (aka singing it a lot aka being a neonazi).
I do not agree that this is the "most" Hitler thing though. There are so much more famous things, hut they wouldn't fit the situation though.
i think you like to pat yourself on the back, and moreover you like to use things like this as a self back patter