Taylor Fritz’s girlfriend posts clarification over now deleted social media posts that appeared to be aimed at Alexander Zverev

Taylor Fritz’s girlfriend has distanced herself from claims her social media posts were directed at Alexander Zverev.

Fritz came from two sets down on Monday to beat the German 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3 and book a quarter-final clash with Lorenzo Musetti.

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But Monday’s victory did not pass without controversy as Zverev accused members of Fritz’s camp of going ‘over the top’ with their celebrations during the comeback victory.

Fritz’s partner Morgan Riddle appeared to take a swipe at Zverev both during and after the match in response to previous allegations of abuse being levelled at him.

Riddle, who has 17.2million likes on TikTok, used Instagram following the match and posted a video with a drink in hand alongside the caption: 'when your man wins four the girls.' The story has since been deleted from her account.

During the game, she posted a picture of the court to her story with the words: ‘cheer loud ladies.’ That post has also been taken down.

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Riddle was back on Instagram again on Tuesday this time to deny claims her posts were in relation to the Zverev's abuse case.

She wrote: "Regarding my stories yesterday... I took them down as soon as I realised the misunderstanding and how blown out of proportion they had become by the media.

"They were not about anything that's happened off the tennis court and there's no bad blood between anyone.

"Super proud of T for the match yesterday, thank you to the crows for the support and looking forward to tomorrow."

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Zverev was last year accused in court documents of physically abusing the mother of his child, Brenda Patea in 2020.

He was given a penalty order last October and fined 450,000 euros (£390,000).

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The world no.4 denied the claims and lodged an objection against the order, which resulted in a public trial. That began in May but was discontinued as both Zverev and his former partner, agreed to end proceedings.

The Tiergarten District Court in Berlin said: "There has been a settlement between the defendant and the complainant. This settlement is not part of this trial though and the court is not part of this settlement.

Zverev was told to pay 200,000 euros (£170,000), with 150,000 euros going to the German state treasury and the rest to non-profit organisations, with the player's lawyers insisting the penalty order issued in October is "therefore now groundless".

The court added: "The decision is not a verdict and it is not a decision about guilt or innocence.

"One decisive factor for the court decision was that the witness has expressed her wish to end the trial."

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Following the Monday's match at Wimbledon, Zverev and Fritz appeared to have an exchange at the net with Zverev uttering some words to the American.

He later explained he had taken issue with members of Fritz’s entourage for their overzealous celebrations.

“His team is extremely respectful. I think his coach, his physio, also his second coach, they're extremely respectful,” Zverev said. 

“I think there's some other people that maybe are in the box that are not maybe from the tennis world, that are not maybe from particularly watching every single match. They were a bit over the top.”