Martina Hingis questioned by police

London: Former Wimbledon champion Martina Hingis was questioned by Swiss police after her estranged husband said he was attacked by the tennis star and her family.

Thibault Hutin, a French equestrian athlete who married Miss Hingis in 2010, accused the 33-year-old and her mother of beating him and taking his valuables.

The showjumper claimed the boyfriend of Hingis’s mother hit him with a DVD player during the alleged assault on September 23.

A police spokesman said the tennis star, her mother Melanie Molitor and her mother’s boyfriend Mario Widmer were interviewed last week. The local justice department is yet to decide whether to take further action.

Hutin, 26, said last month that he was ‘beaten and scratched’ by Hingis and her mother, and then ‘whacked’ on the head with a DVD player by the mother’s boyfriend.

The former tennis champion and Hutin, who separated earlier this year, co-own the apartment where the alleged attack took place, but he said he is now so ‘terrified’ he has moved to a hotel and plans to return to France.

Hutin said that after fleeing the property he realised his wallet and credit cards were missing, adding: “I was shocked. I would never have thought it could go so far. I’m really afraid.”

Hingis has declined to comment on the allegations.