Contrary to what he had hoped, a fan at a US Open match, who shouted a phrase associated with Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler, ended up being kicked off the court.
In its episode on (2023/9/6), the network program monitored a video clip that sparked interaction on social media, from a meeting at the American championship that brought together German tennis player Alexander Zverev, ranked 12, in front of Italian Yannick Sner, seeded sixth.
During the 5-hour 5-round match, Zverev in the fourth round heard a cheer from an audience audience with a famous German-known phrase associated with the Nazi era and its leader Hitler: "Germany above all."
Nazism was founded on the idea of the superiority of the Aryan race over other human races to the extent that the Nazi national anthem included phrases such as "Germany above all. Above all in the world."
The German stopped the match and spoke to the referee, where he expressed his objection to that chant, so the referee turned to the crowd and asked who chanted the chant, and they pointed to someone in the front seats, and then the guard took him out.
Divergent opinions
The clip received interaction on social media platforms, including what Muhannad Al-Aqayla wrote, "Let the phrase benefit the fan after he was expelled in front of the cameras in the live broadcast, and after he also became the talk of the media."
While Yara tweeted, "Despite all the development, civilization and German industry spread in all countries of the world, Hitler's history is black and Germans are ashamed of it for the boy to be born."
Shaher Younis said it was exaggerated, writing, "I mean, the phrase has no property rights, and the language and its vocabulary are not the monopoly of anyone, as words express what they say only."
On the same line, Reem tweeted, "I think it's normal, maybe the German fan and he was taken by the diet and said this sentence to encourage his country. Like every human being when he encourages his country he says words that indicate the superiority of his country."
A spokesman for the U.S. Tennis Federation said in a statement: "This is an insult to Zverev. The fan was sent off the pitch."
The German later commented on the incident: "I love passionate fans. But I think I'm German and I'm not really proud of that history, if I don't respond, I think it's bad on my part."