A protester set his arm on fire after running on court and briefly stopping play during the Laver Cup at the O2 Arena in London.
The young man, wearing a T-shirt with the message 'End UK private jets', was quickly removed by security and detained in an internal corridor.The incident happened before the second set of the match between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman.
It is the latest security breach at a tennis tournament following incidents at the Australian Open and French Open earlier this year. In London on Friday, there was a short delay of about five minutes before the Laver Cup match resumed.
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