A climate protest group has claimed its activists were left “bloodied and bruised up” after briefly interrupting Andy Murray’s last-16 clash with top seed Taylor Fritz at the Citi Open in Washington DC on Friday night.
Action was delayed in the first set when three jumbo tennis balls were tossed onto the court in the event’s main stadium, and Fritz later said he found the whole thing “annoying”.
BREAKING: we just profoundly disrupted the Citi Open, one of the world's most prominent tennis tournaments.
We were brutally dragged out. Multiple members of our group were bloodied up and bruised. But we will not be deterred.
We will fight til we win.
There is no alternative. pic.twitter.com/xYLhBDbaUw
— Climate Defiance (@ClimateDefiance) August 4, 2023
