Just hours prior to tennis great Roger Federer was set to perform his remaining match ever at the 2022 Laver Cup, a match in between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman was halted on Friday just after a British protester stormed the court and lit his arm on fireplace to protest the use of non-public jets. 

A person donning a T-shirt that go through "Finish United kingdom Non-public Jets" ran onto Middle Court at the O2 Arena in London wherever he proceeded to gentle his arm on fire. 

A protester is removed immediately after invading the court docket, sporting a slogan "Finish United kingdom Personal Jets" in the course of the singles match between Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas of Staff Europe and Argentina's Diego Schwartzman of Crew Entire world at the 2022 Laver Cup at the O2 Arena in London on Sept. 23, 2022.  (GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Visuals)

He swiftly place the flames out on his arm in advance of security rushed onto the court to extinguish the remaining fire and drag the male out. 

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The court docket was not harmed in the demonstration. The male associated belongs to a team that claims "carbon emissions in 2022 are genocide," Reuters claimed, citing community media. 

A male sets hearth on his hand throughout protest at a match Crew World's Diego Schwartzman in opposition to Workforce Europe's Stefanos Tsitsipas on working day a person of the Laver Cup tennis event at the O2 in London, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022.  (WHD Image/Kin Cheung)

The protester "has been arrested and the condition is remaining dealt with by the law enforcement," Laver Cup organizers claimed in a assertion.

"It arrived out of nowhere. I have no plan what this is all about. I by no means experienced an incident like this come about on courtroom. I hope he is all ideal," Tsitsipas explained of the incident, by means of Sky Athletics. 

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"I required to commence the match without acquiring any minor adjustments to the court and to make sure it was playable, especially that spot. It also obtained in my way of viewing encounter, the way I saw the court later. There was a massive mark over there and I just wished to get it cleared up."

A protester lights a fireplace on the court docket on day just one of the Laver Cup at the O2 Arena, London Friday, Sept. 23, 2022.  (John Walton/PA Images by using Getty Illustrations or photos)

Luckily for Tsitsipas, the incident did not derail his sport and he overcame Schwartzman for 6-2, 6-1 victory for Workforce Europe over Team World. 

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Federer will make an physical appearance on the same courtroom Friday night when he partners with longtime rival and pal Rafael Nadal in a double’s match – his remaining before retiring. 

The contributed to this report.