Laver Cup 2022 LIVE – Man Puts himself on FIRE: A protestor invaded the court at the 02 Arena in London where the Laver Cup is currently underway and set his arm ablaze, halting the play for a few minutes on Friday. The incident occurred when Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman were in action in the singles contest. Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates on Laver Cup 2022
Staggering picture from @epaphotos‘ Andy Rain of a protestor who has just set his arm on fire here at the Laver Cup. Bjorn Borg as impassive as ever in the background pic.twitter.com/DEiTuKiHHr
— Oliver Brown (@oliverbrown_tel) September 23, 2022
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World No.6 Stefanos Tsitsipas, who is part of Team Europe was in action against Team World’s Diego Schwartzman during the second singles contest of the day. Tsitsipas won the first set and when he was serving in the first game of the second set, an unknown protestor invaded the court and tried to set his arm ablaze before he was dragged off the court.
It can be seen that the protestor was wearing a T-Shirt with the slogan “End UK Private Jets” and British media reported that the protestor was a member of the End UK Private Jets group, which claims “carbon emissions in 2022 are genocide.”
As soon as the incident, play was halted for a few minutes to check whether any damage has been incurred to the playing surface. Play then resumed immediately after officials confirmed that no damage was done to the playing surface.
#LaverCup climate change protestor sets arm on fire as #RogerFederer prepares to bow out of tennis 👀pic.twitter.com/g2Og0NTq11
— Tom Quinn🕊 (@TomTheProducer1) September 23, 2022
The incident happened on a jam-packed O2 Arena where Roger Federer is all set to play his farewell match later in the day. The 41-year old Swiss legend will be playing in the doubles as he pairs up with Rafael Nadal and the iconic duo is set to face Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe. Meanwhile, before this contest, Great Britain’s Andy Murray is set to be in action against Australia’s Alex de Minaur in the third singles contest of the day.
Earlier in the day Casper Ruud clinched a hard-fought victory over Jack Sock in three sets to give the first point to Team Europe. Stefanos Tsitsipas then defeated Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 6-1 as Team Europe currently leads 2-0.
Laver Cup 2022 LIVE: Protestor invades court during Laver Cup, halts play for few minutes after setting his arm ablaze at O2 Arena in London – Watch Video
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