Masked pro-Palestine protester stops play in Cam Norrie’s Australian Open match by throwing leaflets on to court with security nowhere to be seen… before fans step in to escort her out!
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A masked protester disrupted the Australian Open quarter-final between Cameron Norrie and Alexander Zverev on Monday by throwing ‘Free Palestine’ leaflets onto the court.
The protester’s leaflets were quickly taken away by officials on the pitch, but it was left to two fans who were at the protest to escort them out of Margaret Court Arena.
The British No. 1 was serving in the third set and preparing to win his game with an advantage to make it 4-2.
But both Zverev and Norrie were forced to stop and wait for the protest – which took place behind the German number six seed – to be cleared at the back of the field.
Those at the arena claimed security had been slow to act, with the Independent reporting that after the protester was ejected, the stadium erupted in applause.
A protester threw flyers in support of a ‘Free Palestine’ during Cameron Norrie’s match in Melbourne on Monday
Staff bent down to clear the leaflets from the pitch during an enforced stoppage in play at Margaret Court