This protester jumped onto centre court at London's O2 Arena and burned his arm to protest against climate change.
The protesters in question wanted to protest against using private jets in the UK. He had a written protest message on his shirt and came out with a lighter and what appeared to be flammable fluid to set himself on fire.
As soon as he was in the centre of the field, he took out said device and brought it close to his arm, where a series of flames began to sprout that quickly alerted everyone.
In addition to setting his own body on fire, he also left some trace of the flames on the pitch at the O2 Arena.
The same court where Roger Federer has to play his last match as a professional with Rafa Nadal as a partner in the doubles a few hours later.
This event has undoubtedly been a previous ceremony that was not planned as a prelude to the great tribute the Swiss tennis player will receive.
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The event itself happened in the afternoon session this Friday. This protester wore a t-shirt with the message End UK private jets and gave the most surprising note of the start of the Laver Cup.
This is a tournament, almost more of an exhibition than a competition, which pits the best players in Europe against the best tennis players from the rest of the world. A format that comes to imitate in a certain way the Ryder Cup of golf and a game that was held before in the All-Star of the NBA.
As soon as this spontaneous man arrived at the centre of the track, several members of security quickly came out to capture him.
After verifying that the young man no longer had traces of fire on his body, one of them took off his suit jacket to finish putting out the flames that were still on the track.
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Part of the flammable fluid that the young man had spilt probably fell on the court, where it continued to burn. He also contributed to stopping his fire since, as can be seen from his gestures and his face, the protest was somewhat more painful than he had anticipated.
Everything happened during Stefanos Tsitsipas's match against Diego Schwartzman, one of the matches that opened a competition currently being dominated by Europe, as expected. After this incident, the game continued with complete peace of mind. The event occurred when neither of the two contenders was on the field.
This was the great day of the 'Big Four' in the Laver Cup: laughter, collaboration and even Tsitsipas as a chair umpire.
As reported by various media from England, some fans warned that an individual had managed to enter the O2 Arena in London with a flare. However, what was seen of this activist was a lighter in one of his hands.
The competition operators poured water over the affected area and dried it with towels so the Tsitsipas - Schwartzman could continue its course. The Greek asked the referee if he could continue playing, and both confirmed that there was no impediment. Then he took the match.
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