LONDON :Just Stop Oil protesters twice interrupted play on the third day of Wimbledon on Wednesday, releasing orange ticker-tape mixed with jigsaw puzzle pieces during matches on Court 18.The first incident involved two protesters running on to the court holding boxes marked as 1,000-piece jigsaws of Centre C
LONDON :Just Stop Oil protesters twice interrupted play on the third day of Wimbledon on Wednesday, releasing orange ticker-tape mixed with jigsaw puzzle pieces during matches on Court 18.
One of the protesters covered the court quite liberally while the other one aimed mainly wide of the tramlines. This time one protester sprinkled ticker-tape on the court before being dragged away by three security staff.Play resumed after the material was swept away, with both players helping to clear the court.
"Play on the court was temporarily paused and, following a suspension in play due to a rain delay, play is about to resume."Security had been beefed up for the grasscourt Grand Slam, one of the jewels of the British sporting summer, after a spate of protests at high-level events in Britain.
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