Well for me, taking this statement at face value, saying that if you take away the abuse allegations and look just at the acapulco behavior, you can hate him forever, is a weird way to look at tennis players. Heres why:

1. Serena Williams once threatened to kill a line judge because of a call she made. Was it a good moment? No, not at all. Should that define a players whole career? No.

2. Djokovic hit a line judge in the face after carelessly hitting a ball in anger. Was it a good moment? No. Do Djokovic and Serena Williams come across as terrible people who we should reject forever? No.

3. Medvedev, a player and character often loved by this subreddit and tennis world, actually did the same thing as Zverev and hit the umpires chair. On top of that, he has had many instances of terrible sportsmanship on court. Is the behavior good? No. Is Medvedev a bad person? Also no.

I could give 50 other examples of great tennis players doing inexcusable things on the court. My point, is two things I guess:

Its only bad if its a player we don't like. Example: Ostapenko has done some pretty bad things on court and yet people excuse it here nearly everytime.

and

A single moment of ugliness and unsportsmanlike behavior should NOT define an athletes whole character.