Midway through the third set, a woman entered center court and stopped the match for several minutes to protest climate change. The players even had to leave the track.
An unusual situation was experienced in the third set of the semi-final between Casper Ruud and Marin Cilic. When the Norwegian was about to serve a woman entered the track and handcuffed herself to the net in protest.
After a few minutes we learned that the young woman, who had written on her shirt the phrase “we have 1028 days left” , made the protest for the climate change that affects the planet. Same on a web page, he had announced that he was going to enter the field of play in the semi-final match.
Event security was able to untie the woman after a few minutes, so the game could resume without issue. This, yes, the players had to go to the locker rooms until the situation normalized .
Ruud and Cilic were playing for the passage to the Roland Garros final, where the winner will face Rafael Nadal on Sunday.
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Source: Latercera
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