Moments of tension on the Pietrangeli court where the match between the American Keys and the Romanian Cirste was taking place: during the second set environmentalists protested
Moments of tension on the Pietrangeli field during the morning at the Internazionali in Rome. Some people burst onto the pitch to protest and sprinkled confetti from a bag on the pitch. The match between the Romanian Cirstea and the American Key engaged in the second set was suspended score of 6-2, 3-1 in favor of the American. The women’s match, after a suspension of almost an hour, is ready to start again on the Pietrangeli pitch.
Keys-Cirstea: match suspended
During the second set, a person broke into Pietrangeli somehow managing to bypass all the controls in the field, perhaps 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 Pietrangeli, the pitch invasion was only one of the methods chosen by the demonstrators. News arrives revealing that some of them have decided to “glue themselves” to the marble steps of the structure as a form of protest.
Invasion and protest also on field 12
The protesters became the protagonists of a coordinated intervention given that the game was also suspended on pitch 12. The match was being played on the pitch in front of the centre-back at that moment double between Roger-Vasselin and Gonzalez and the pair formed by Arevalo and Pavic. One of the two protesters also approached Mate Pavic, before once again starting to sprinkle the field with confetti and pieces of paper.
The match between DeMinaur and Auger-Aliassime also stops
Excited moments also on the Grand Stand where the challenge is underway round of 16 between the Australian DeMinaur and the Canadian Auger-Aliassime, during the decisive phases of the first set the match was interrupted after a person in the stands fell ill. The players became sure of what was happening and the match was suspended for a few minutes to allow the rescuers to intervene.
Internationals: the complete draw
