Off field drama found its way on the court after an intruder halted the Australian Open 2022 men’s singles finals between Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev. One of the members of the audience stumbled onto the court with a sign to halt the proceedings. Medvedev eventually sealed the set on the tie-breaker to go one set within an Australian Open title. Follow Insidesport.in for all Australian Open 2022 LIVE updates.
Australian Open Final: Intruder halts Nadal vs Medvedev final, gets thrown off by security in bizarre crowd incident – Watch video
A protester jumped onto the court and interrupted play at a crucial stage of the Australian Open men’s singles final between Russian world number two Daniil Medvedev and Rafael Nadal of Spain at Melbourne Park on Sunday.
Security officials promptly made a human shield around the players as some others dragged the person, who appeared to carry a banner reading “abolish refugee detention”, off the court at the Rod Laver Arena. Watch the video here:
Some bozo just jumped out of the stands onto the court (probably about three meters), got dragged out.#AusOpen pic.twitter.com/u4xzjTaIEf
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) January 30, 2022
Nadal was attempting to save a breakpoint while serving at 5-3 up in the second set as the person fell awkwardly from the stands behind Medvedev’s end of the court, halting play for a few minutes. The intruder in question posed with a sign that read, ‘ABOLISH REFUGEE DETENTION’ halted play.
Australian Open Final: Intruder halts Nadal vs Medvedev final, gets thrown off by security in bizarre crowd incident – Watch video
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