Amid tight safety, two protesters managed to sneak in and ran on the court docket, sprinkling ticker-tape blended with jigsaw puzzle items moderately than their trademark paint mud.
Later, on the identical present court docket which is ignored by a terrace utilized by tv broadcasters, the match between Britain’s Katie Boulter and Australian Daria Saville was additionally briefly halted by an identical incident.
This time one protester sprinkled ticker-tape on the court docket earlier than being dragged away by three safety workers.
Final week, the protestors disrupted the second Ashes Take a look at at Lord’s, making an attempt to unfold orange powder on the wicket.
Within the first incident, one of many protesters coated the court docket fairly liberally whereas the opposite one aimed primarily extensive of the tramlines.
Safety workers rapidly eliminated the people, considered one of whom sat down cross-legged on the turf. Neither resisted.
The gang booed the protesters with some heard shouting “Get Off”. Floor workers then swept the glitter off the court docket and there seemed to be no injury.
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Shortly after the protest, rain returned and the covers had been dragged throughout the court docket.
Safety had been beefed up for the grasscourt Grand Slam, one of many jewels of the British sporting summer season, after a spate of protests at high-level occasions in Britain.
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The environmental group additionally intervened on this 12 months’s Premiership Rugby ultimate and the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield the place they smeared orange powder over a desk.
This 12 months’s Grand Nationwide horse race was additionally disrupted after animal rights activists hooked up themselves to fences.
(With inputs from Reuters)
