The girl who interrupted the men’s singles semi-final at the French Open

French Open men’s singles semi-final interrupted due to rare situation AFP

The situation happened in the 3rd game of semi-final match As Casper Ruud was leading 4-1, a girl broke through security to rush down the field and tie herself to the net with a rope around her neck. She wears a white T-shirt with the words “we have 1028 days left”.

Some sources said the reason this woman did it was to protest climate change. The words she wrote on the shirt to promote world action on climate change.

Her appearance caused the semi-final between Marin Cilic and Casper Ruud to be interrupted for 15 minutes. Four security personnel approached and carried her off the field so the game could resume.

The security guards approached the girl AFP

The young girl’s actions have directly raised an alarm about security at major tennis tournaments. A similar incident also happened at the 2022 Australian Open during the match between Rafael Nadal and Daniel Medvedev.

In the ninth table of the second game, when Nadal was leading 5-3, a protester also ran into the field with a sign that read “Abandon refugee detention”.

When he returned, Ruud did not have much difficulty to win again with Cilic. England overcame the 20th seed 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and 6-2 to win the right to the French Open final. He became the first male player in Norwegian tennis history to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament. Ruud’s final opponent will be Rafael Nadal.