Climate protester sets himself on fire in front of crowd before Roger Federer’s final match at O2

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Man sets himself on fire on O2 tennis court in climate protest ahead of Roger Federer's last ever tennis match

The opening session of this year's Laver Cup was disrupted during the second match of the competition at the O2 where Team Europe's Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman of Team World clashed in a singles tie.

After Tsitsipas had won the first set 6-2, the spectator ran onto court during the changeover and set his arm on fire.The protester set his arm on fire.World number six Tsitsipas said: "It came out of nowhere. I have no idea what this is all about. I never had an incident like this happen on court. I hope he is all right.

"I wanted to proceed the match without having any minor changes to the court and to make sure it was playable, especially that area. It also got in my way of viewing experience, the way I saw the court later. 20 year-old protester, identified as Kai, is a member of the End UK Private Jets group, which claims that 'carbon emissions in 2022 are genocide’.Roger Federer will bring his professional career to an end at the O2 later with a doubles contest alongside old sparring partner Rafael Nadal.

 

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oh dear never mind

Well that's climate change sorted

The accidental arsonist....

Didn’t do a very good job. Must have been sniffing the glue

i hope he learnt his lesson , or taught some people a lesson only play with fire in public cos then someone can put it out

Hardly a ‘whole-hearted’ attempt!

What a time to be alive eh....

O2 will definitely help a fire get going

Malnourished middle class lukewarm pyromaniac sets arm hair alight. Climate change solved.

Twat alert …

Flame set and match!

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