The US Open semi-final between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova was interrupted by climate protesters early in the second set
Gauff was a set up and holding serve to open the second when a disturbance broke out in the upper reaches of the stadium and shouting disrupted play.As the players looked into the stands, security flooded into the section around the disturbance. More than a dozen law enforcement officers arrived on the scene and two protesters were removed by New York police department officers.
Forty-nine minutes after the last point was played, the remaining activist was finally removed and the players, who had retreated to the dressing rooms during the disruption, returned to court.Photographs of the scene showed three protesters wearing shirts with the slogan “End Fossil Fuels”.Association said a total of four protesters had been removed and taken into NYPD custody.
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