london novak djokovic said he supported a domestic violence policy for tennis following allegations made against alexander zverev after the top seed reached the last four at the atp finals on fridaythe serbian beat his german opponent 63 76 74 and will play us open champion dominic thiem in saturdays semifinalszverev who won the 2018 atp finals in london has been competing under the shadow of serious abuse claims made by his exgirlfriend olga sharypovahe strongly denies the allegations which were made by the former junior player on instagram and in two media interviews but has not addressed them in any detailthe atp which runs the mens tour had been criticised for not making any public comment until last week when it issued a generic statement saying it fully condemns any form of violence or abuseseveral major american sports have a policy setting out a procedure to be followed in such situations and djokovic believes tennis should go down the same routeive known sascha zverev for a very long time since he was very young he said i always had a great relationship with him hes a very nice guy i have a lot of respect for him his family i was sad to hear that hes going through something like thisi dont know what happened obviously im not supporting any kind of violence whether atp should develop a policy yes why not probably it should be there in placetennis has largely closed ranks around zverev with australian daria gavrilova a notable exception in saying she believes sharypova and djokovic has offered the german his supporthes been handling it well by the looks of his results in the last monthandahalf or so hes been doing well considering hes got a lot on his plate off the court said the world number onei sincerely wish for him that he overcomes this soon and that he can focus on his life and tennis careerzverev again implied he would not be taking legal action something sharypova has also said and despite the allegations and the coronavirus pandemic declared it had been a great yearthe 23yearold reached the semifinals at the australian open and the us open final