“Stop funding fossil fuels!” the protesters started chanting at the top of the stand. They also held a tarp in front of them, on which they attacked the organizers of the entire tournament, the company Citi, which, according to them, is involved in climate change. On the tennis court, you could immediately hear the displeasure of the audience, who did not like the event due to the interruption of the match,
The audience’s anger escalated with the arrival of another activist who went down the stairs to the edge of the court and threw large tennis balls onto the court. The person in question then held out a banner in his hands that read “Business in its current form is a climate disaster.”
The local security forces had to take action and escorted all the troublemakers out of the tennis complex. The ball handlers cleared the field of large balls and the round of 16 duel could continue again. In the end, the American world number nine won, defeating the legendary Murray 6:7 (2:7), 6:3 and 6:4.
One of the activists then commented on the whole thing for the News2Share medium. “We’re sick of all the floods and fires and the smoke that gets into our lungs,” he said, referring to the very bad air in the US capital some time ago. “We can’t trust the politicians anymore. And we can’t trust companies like Citi which continues to provide $300 billion in funding for fossil fuel projects,” he added.
2023-08-05 10:49:59
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