An incident occurred at the Laver Cup in London on Friday. After the first set of the second match between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman, a man ran onto the court at the o2 Arena and lit a fire.
As an eyewitness told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, the disruptor’s arm briefly caught fire. Security staff immediately extinguished the fire and carried the man out of the hall. The match between Tsitsipas and Schwartzman continued without delay.
“It came out of nowhere,” said the Greek Tsitsipas afterwards, “I’ve never had an incident like that on the court. I hope he’s okay.” The world number six won the match 6-2, 6-1 to give Team Europe a 2-0 lead after Casper Ruud (Norway) had earlier beaten Jack Sock (USA). The tabloid newspaper “The Sun” published a short video of the incident on Twitter.
The Laver Cup pits a European team against a selection of tennis players from the rest of the world from Friday to Sunday. It is the last tournament in which tennis star Roger Federer will take part. The Swiss had announced last week that he would have to end his career after three knee operations.