Laver Cup 2022: Climate change protester storms the court, lights arm on fire

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Just hours before tennis great Roger Federer was set to play his final match ever at the 2022 Laver Cup, a match between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman was halted on Friday after a British protester stormed the court and lit his arm on fire to protest the use of private jets. 

A man wearing a T-shirt that read "End UK Private Jets" ran onto Center Court at the O2 Arena in London where he proceeded to light his arm on fire. 

A protester is removed after invading the court, wearing a slogan "End UK Private Jets" during the singles game between Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas of Team Europe and Argentina's Diego Schwartzman of Team World at the 2022 Laver Cup at the O2 Arena in London on Sept. 23, 2022.  (GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)

He quickly put the flames out on his arm before security rushed onto the court to extinguish the remaining fire and drag the man out. 

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The court was not damaged in the demonstration. The man involved belongs to a group that claims "carbon emissions in 2022 are genocide," Reuters reported, citing local media. 

A man sets fire on his hand during protest at a match Team World's Diego Schwartzman against Team Europe's Stefanos Tsitsipas on day one of the Laver Cup tennis tournament at the O2 in London, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022.  (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

The protester "has been arrested and the situation is being handled by the police," Laver Cup organizers said in a statement.

"It came out of nowhere. I have no idea what this is all about. I never had an incident like this happen on court. I hope he is all right," Tsitsipas said of the incident, via Sky