Tension Erupts at Pietraneli Court During American Keys vs Romanian Cirstea Match as Environmentalists Protest: Game Postponed

Moments of tension on the Pietraneli field through the morning at the Internazionali in Rome. Some broke into the playground to protest and sprinkled confetti from a bag onto the playground. The match between the Romanian Kirstea and the American Key involved in the second set was postponed score of 6-2, 3-1 for the Americans. The women’s match, after a stoppage of almost an hour, is ready to start again on the Pietraneli field.

Keys-Cirstea: sospeso match

In the second row, someone broke into Pietraneli somehow escape all control in the field, probably thanks to the orange bib that some volunteers also wear. In a video published on social media, this person is seen trying to spread white powder on the field but is immediately stopped by security. In the protest that took place on Pietraneli, the attack on the playground was only one of the methods chosen by the demonstrators. News reports indicate that some of them have decided to “clap themselves” on the marble steps of the structure as a form of protest.

Attack and complain also on field 12

The protesters became the protagonists of a coordinated intervention as the game was also suspended on the 12 pitch. The match was being played on the pitch in front of the defender at that time double between Roger-Vasselin and Gonzalez and the pair created by Arevalo and Pavic. One of the two protestors would also have contacted Mate Pavic, before he started again to sprinkle the field with confetti and pieces of paper.

The match between DeMinaur and Auger-Aliassime will also stop

Sometimes exciting also on the Grand Stand where the challenge is going on round of 16 between Australia’s DeMinaur and Canada’s Auger-Aliassime, in the decisive stages of the first set the match was stopped after someone in the stands fell ill. The players became convinced of what was happening and the match was suspended for a few minutes to allow the rescuers to intervene.

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