Security officer try to put out a fire after a demonstrator ran onto center court with flares.
On Sunday, in the course of the French Open remaining between Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer, a male spectator holding a fiery flare briefly interrupted the sport by leaping onto the courtroom, spurting white smoke. The topless man sporting a white masks ran in direction of Nadal, who was about to serve for the second set, main 5-1. The protester had the phrases “Kids right” written on his stomach. Security personnel shortly subdued the person and hauled him away, whereas a guard stood close to Nadal to guard him. Nadal resumed play after shaking the guard’s hand. The match was solely briefly delayed, and Nadal went on to beat David Ferrer 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to win his eighth French Open title.
Additionally, safety officers eliminated a person and a lady from the Court Philippe Chatrier after they held a banner that learn in French: “Help! France is trampling on children’s rights.” Another man and lady held an identical banner in English and shouted slogans. Five topless protesters, additionally sporting white masks and brandishing purple flares, climbed to the highest of the adjoining Court Suzanne Lenglen, unfurling a banner calling for the resignation of French President Francois Hollande.
Christophe Fagniez, the event’s director of operations, acknowledged that “The situation is under control; it’s in the hands of the police.” In the previous, there have been incidents of on-court intruders, together with a male streaker in the course of the 2003 remaining and a person who tried to place a purple hat on Roger Federer in the course of the 2009 remaining. However, the worst incident occurred in 1993 when a person reached over a courtside railing in Hamburg, Germany, and stabbed top-ranked Monica Seles between the shoulder blades. Seles returned to tennis in 1995 and gained the 1996 Australian Open.
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