Assaults ex-wife

Tennis player

Tbilisi, Georgia: Georgian tennis star Nikoloz Basilashvili, ranked

27th in the world, was charged on Sunday with physically assaulting his ex-wife, prosecutors said. A court in the Georgian capital Tbilisi charged Basilashvili with perpetrating “violence against a family member committed in the presence of a minor” before releasing him on bail amounting to

$30,000, prosecutor Natia Guruli said. He faces up to three years behind bars if found guilty. Basilashvili’s ex-wife Neka Dorokashvili said that he “physically assaulted” her Friday in the presence of their five-year-old son. Basilashvili denied the charges, his lawyer Irma Chkadua said. Nikoloz won his second ATP title at the China Open in 2018 by defeating World No.4 Juan Martin del Potro in the final, three months after winning the German Open in Hamburg. —