The shocking protest of an activist in the Laver Cup. Photo: EFE.
The Laver cup It is in the eyes of the whole world. This tournament was chosen by Roger Federer to end his brilliant career. But in this event, which features one of the best tennis players in history, an event took place that stunned the audience. And he had nothing to do precisely with sporting matters.
At the start of the second set between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman, one of the matches of the day, an environmental activist entered the field and set fire to his arm in protest. Using the fuel, the flames also spread to a small part of the camp. Security acted quickly and removed this person to resume the match, which ended in a 6-2, 6-1 win for the Greek.
According to Spanish media, the young man was protesting against the use of private planes in the United Kingdom, a controversy that was also established in football when the PSG manager was asked. “End of UK private jets“something like “Enough with private jets in the UK” It was the legend that the boy who was the protagonist of the protest wore.
The cameras did not capture the sequence, a practice that is respected in this type of global event, but one viewer filmed it and uploaded it to the networks.
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