India, Nov. 14 -- World No. 1 tennis player Alexander Zverev is facing a fresh civil lawsuit filed by his former partner Brenda Patea in Berlin, days before the ATP Finals begin on Sunday.

The lawsuit, filed on September 18, concerns comments Zverev made about an earlier domestic abuse case brought by Patea, the mother of his daughter. She has challenged his public statements that the allegations against him were proven false and that his innocence had been established.

In a June interview with French newspaper L'Equipe, following his French Open victory, Zverev said the allegations had been disproved. Patea's legal team has argued that the earlier proceedings did not establish his innocence.

The criminal proceedings against Zverev wer...