"Worse than Zverev and Kyrgios; f*ck him" - Tennis fans angered as Thiago Seyboth Wild's old comments about having Nazi roots resurface

Thiago Seyboth Wild's impressive French Open run has been marred by controversy, with old messages about him taking pride in having Nazi roots coming to light.

Seyboth Wild qualified for the main draw of the French Open for the first time in his career this year, and went on to upset World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev in the first round. The Brazilian beat the second seed 7-6(5), 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in just over four hours.

He then beat Guido Pella too, before losing to Yoshihito Nishioka in the third round.

Seyboth Wild's run at Roland Garros has put him in the spotlight, and a lot of past incidents involving the World No. 172 have come to light. It was first reiterated that Seyboth Wild's ex-girlfriend Thayane Lima accused him of domestic abuse in 2021. Now, old messages exchanged between the 23-year-old and his ex-girlfriend show the Brazilian speaking about having Nazi roots.

"My great-grandfather, my mother’s father’s father’s father… was Hitler’s predecessor…. He was the one who brought him over from Austria and taught Hitler the life,” the messages read, as published by O Globo.

Fans were quick to express their disgust on social media. One fan said that Seyboth Wild was worse than Alexander Zverev and Nick Kyrgios, both of whom have been accused of domestic abuse in the past.

"There's a guy worse than Zverev and Kyrgios, like that was even possible.Can ATP throw him out already," they tweeted.

Srihari

@srihariravi_12

There's a guy worse than Zverev and Kyrgios, like that was even possible.

Can ATP throw him out already twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Clay

@_claymagazine

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris

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"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris👇

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

There's a guy worse than Zverev and Kyrgios, like that was even possible.

Can ATP throw him out already twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Another fan expressed hope that the Brazilian would be put behind bars.

"Uh I hope you rot in jail idc," they tweeted.

shaffffff thesis+RG era

@OmnipotentBi

Uh I hope you rot in jail idc twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Clay

@_claymagazine

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris

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"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris👇

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

Uh I hope you rot in jail idc twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

One fan claimed that Medvedev's loss to Thiago Seyboth Wild helped expose him.

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"at least Danya flopping to that guy did a good thing. it exposed him to everyone as a big fat piece of shit," the tweet read.

Les 🐙🐱 | RG time 🧡

@haloinreverse_

at least Danya flopping to that guy did a good thing. it exposed him to everyone as a big fat piece of shit. twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Clay

@_claymagazine

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris

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"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris👇

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

at least Danya flopping to that guy did a good thing. it exposed him to everyone as a big fat piece of shit. twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Another fan criticized anybody trying to defend the Brazilian.

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"let him enjoy his win!" "don't bring personal things in the sport!" fuck him, the atp and all of you morons that like to defend pieces of shit," they tweeted.

sue

@dusanvlahovics

"let him enjoy his win!" "don't bring personal things in the sport!" fuck him, the atp and all of you morons that like to defend pieces of shit twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Clay

@_claymagazine

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris

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"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris👇

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

"let him enjoy his win!" "don't bring personal things in the sport!" fuck him, the atp and all of you morons that like to defend pieces of shit twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Below are a few more fan reactions:

spxrrow 🇵🇱

@spxrrow1

get him out of that sport wtf twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Clay

@_claymagazine

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

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112

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris👇

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

get him out of that sport wtf twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Ana Clara

@domitilizada

@_claymagazine @sebastianfest What a shame for Brazil …… I’m Brazilian and I can’t wait for justice to be served for him 🏼🏼🏼🏼

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@_claymagazine @sebastianfest What a shame for Brazil …… I’m Brazilian and I can’t wait for justice to be served for him 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Autistic Tennis Fan

@AutisticTennis

Throw that whole man in the 🗑️ twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Clay

@_claymagazine

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

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112

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris👇

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

Throw that whole man in the 🗑️ twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

ingrid • daniil dubov stan ♟

@morozhenoice

get this man behind bars asap twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Clay

@_claymagazine

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

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112

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris👇

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

get this man behind bars asap twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Steven

@StevenTabrizi

I hope we never have to hear about this guy again. Go back to being a flop, please twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Clay

@_claymagazine

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

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1

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris👇

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

I hope we never have to hear about this guy again. Go back to being a flop, please twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

terczminatorkacz

@jazdahubi

How is this man allowed to play tennis in Germany? This is appalling. Currently an alternate for @ATPHalle qualifying twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Clay

@_claymagazine

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

9

113

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris👇

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

How is this man allowed to play tennis in Germany? This is appalling. Currently an alternate for @ATPHalle qualifying twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

🅺🅰🆁🆈

@casperskaffe

Immorality and scum defined in one person twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Clay

@_claymagazine

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

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113

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris👇

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

Immorality and scum defined in one person twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Marie 🌼

@thiemererstan

What a disgusting person on many aspects twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

Clay

@_claymagazine

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

3

113

"One sentence is enough to give the dimension of the issue: 'My family on my mother’s side is Nazi'".

Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bomb that tennis doesn't know how to defuse.

@sebastianfest in Paris👇

claytenis.com/en/cov/thiago-…

What a disgusting person on many aspects twitter.com/_claymagazine/…

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"My finger turned purple and swollen" - Thiago Seyboth Wild's ex-girlfriend in 2021

2023 French Open - Day Three

Thiago Seyboth Wild's ex-girlfriend Thayane Lima made detailed domestic abuse allegations against him in September 2021.

Lima said that the Brazilian tennis player once got angry when she posted a photo of herself on social media. She further stated that Seyboth Wild squeezed her finger until "it almost broke."

"One day, he hurt my finger, because he squeezed it until it almost broke just because he got angry when I published a photo on social media, alone and not with him. We were at a dinner with his parents and then he shook my hand a lot, My finger turned purple and swollen," she had said (via ubitennis).

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