Alexander Zverev bristles at questions over impending trial for domestic abuse

Alexander Zverev’s progress at the Australian Open has been overshadowed by an announcement he would be subject to a public trail later this year. Photograph: Joel Carrett/EPA

A few hours after his second-round match on Thursday at the Australian Open, Alexander Zverev conducted his mandatory press conference. The only English question posed to him was related not to his victory but a rather more pressing issue: whether he would be attending his trial in May for domestic abuse in person.

Zverev was visibly disgusted: “Wow,” he said. “That’s a question. I just played four hours, 40 minutes. That’s not the first question I really want to hear, to be honest. I’ve got no idea.”