The largest headline all week main as much as the Laver Cup has been Friday’s extremely anticipated doubles match together with the pairing of Rafael Nadal and the retiring Roger Federer. Hours earlier than Nadal and Federer have been scheduled to take the courtroom collectively for one final time, a scary scene unfolded at the O2 Arena.
The spectacle briefly delayed the beginning of the second set of the match between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman. According to an ESPN report, the activist was carrying a lighter and carrying a white T-shirt with a message about non-public jets and “made his way onto the black court and sat down near the net,” earlier than being carried away by safety guards.
“It came out of nowhere. … I never had an incident like this happen on court,” Tsitsipas mentioned. “I hope he’s all right.”
Tsitsipas ended up with a 6-2, 6-1 victory for Team Europe over Team World’s Schwartzman to offer his group a 2-0 lead within the competitors.
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