Fire and Ice came to Laver Cup.
A protestor lit his arm on fire and set a small fire on the black court of the O2 Arena interrupting the Laver Cup match between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman in London today.
The man, wearing a white “End UK Private Jets” t-shirt was dragged off court by security.
A staffer took off his jacket and used it to extinguish the flames on court.
A man has set his arm on fire after invading the court at the Laver Cup on Roger Federer’s last day as a professional tennis player. pic.twitter.com/g0LcBU8PeJ
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While the fire briefly burned, Team Europe captain Bjorn Borg, one half of the famed “Fire & Ice” rivalry with opposing captain John McEnroe took the scene in from his court-side seat.
“I mean, it came out of nowhere,” Tsitsipas said. “I have no idea what it’s all about. I never had an incident like this happen on court, so I hope he’s all right.”
Tsitsipas said the brief fire left a mark on the charcoal-colored court.
“I wanted to proceed with that match without having any minor changes to the court, and I wanted to make sure it’s playable, especially that area,” Tsitsipas said. “It also got in my way in my viewing kind of experience of the court, the way I saw the court later. There was a big mark over there, and I wanted it to be cleaned up in order for me to proceed the way I did before.”
Photo credit: AP
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