Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild brought about shock waves on the French Open on Wednesday (AEST) and never only for his gorgeous first-round victory.
The 172nd-ranked Seyboth Wild produced an unimaginable five-set upset win over second-seed Daniil Medvedev, 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (6-8) 2-6 6-3 6-4.
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But his change with a journalist within the post-match press convention rapidly grew to become its personal speaking level.
In 2021, Seyboth Wild confronted a lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend Thayane Lima and was investigated by police in Rio de Janeiro over allegations of psychological and bodily abuse.
He denied the allegations, describing them as “fabricated and vengeful claims” in a press release launched on the time.
On Wednesday, following one of the high-profile victories of his tennis profession, he was once more pressed on the claims and didn’t reply kindly.
“I’m sorry I have to ask you this after a big win,” a journalist begins.
“But for the coverage I need to confront you – according to the media UOL Sport stating your ex-wife, you have been charged in June 2022 by the public ministry of Rio for domestic and psychological violence against your ex-wife.
“Since then, nothing happened in terms of sentence. What do you expect to happen?”
After seeking to his left, maybe searching for help from a media official, Seyboth Wild responded: “I don’t think it’s a subject that we should talk about it right here. I don’t think it’s a question you should be making to anybody,” he mentioned.
“I don’t think it comes to you to decide whether it’s a place to be spoken of or not.”
The journalist responds, saying: “It’s public, I need to report, so that’s why I confront you. I just want to be fair.”
Seyboth Wild then replies, “You can write whatever you want” earlier than including: “And by the way, I was never married OK? So just leave that out.”
The 23-year-old was a US Open junior champion in 2018 and when he captured his solely skilled title at Santiago two years later on the age of 19, he grew to become the primary ATP champion born within the 2000s.
He was the primary professional tennis participant to disclose a Covid analysis in 2020 earlier than his home violence allegations had been extensively reported on the next 12 months.
In one other odd twist, the Brazilian has additionally acknowledged he’s an enormous Harry Potter fan, together with
claiming to have tattoos of the Golden Snitch from Quidditch, the eyes of Hermione and even the pinnacle of Hedwig the owl on his physique.
– With AFP
Source: www.news.com.au
