Climate group takes responsibility for US Open chaos, offers warning: 'No tennis on a dead planet'

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The climate group Extinction Rebellion took responsibility for the protest that disrupted a U.S. Open match between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova on Thursday night.

Three protesters were seen in the stands wearing shirts that read "End Fossil Fuels" and at least one protester glued his shoes to the floor of Arthur Ashe Stadium. 

The United States Tennis Association later said that at least four were taken into custody after a 49-minute delay.

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Cllimate protesters disrupted the Women's Singles Semifinal match between America's Coco Gauff and the Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova on day 11 of the 2023 U.S. Open. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Extinction Rebellion took responsibility for the demonstration. The group’s New York chapter released a statement saying there is "no tennis on a dead planet."

"Today’s action highlights the neglect of the climate and ecological breakdown by governments and corporations," the group said. "The group emphasizes that the present socio-economic system can't protect people from the crises to come, because its very structure creates these crises and then ignores them.

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A protester is removed from the U.S. Open for causing a delay in the Women's Singles Semifinal match between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

"The extremely short-term incentives of our key institutions — corporations and governments, which respectively function on quarterly profits and periodic elections, disregard the long-term dangers to our survival.