A woman with the message “We have 1028 days left” on a t-shirt locked herself online during Casper Ruud’s semi-final of the Roland Garros tournament. – We are in 2022, and it is time to face reality. The world that politicians send us in the direction of is a world that Roland Garros will no longer be able to exist in, writes the woman, who according to the website on the t-shirt is 22 years old. She used a steel wire to link to the net in the middle of the field. The confusion was great among the audience at Philippe Chatrier in Paris. This type of marking is rarely was in tennis, and the silence quickly turned into a pipe concert when the game had to be interrupted. – Today I went on the field because I can no longer take the chance to do nothing in the face of the climate crisis. LOCKED: Here the woman hooks herself to the net, where she remained for several minutes before the guards carried her off the field. Photo: GONZALO FUENTES / Reuters The demonstration took place while Ruud led 4-1 in the third set at the position 1-1 in sets. The woman sat on her knees by the net for several minutes, while the organizer tried to find tools to get her removed. The protester was eventually carried off the field to a deafening pipe concert from the audience who had come to watch tennis. CARRIED AWAY: Three guards remove the protester against her will. Photo: YVES HERMAN / Reuters Difficult start to the fight The tough gravel did not seem to do the Norwegian’s foremost weapon – the forehand – any services. Rafael Nadal talked about that the slow conditions suited players with a different style of play better at his press conference. And it looked like this when Marin Cilic took the first set after breaking Ruud’s serve twice. Ruud gestured clearly frustrated towards the stands after falling below 0-40 when he served for the victory in the second set, but managed to keep his head cool. The Norwegian took the lead and secured the second set after five straight points on his own serve. Ruud’s matches in Roland Garros 1st round: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (296) 6–7, 7–6, 6–2, 7–6 2nd round: Emil Ruusuvuori (61) 6–3, 6–4, 6– 2. Round 3: Lorenzo Sonego (35) 6–2, 6–7, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3. Round 4: Hubert Hurkacz (13) 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3. Quarterfinals: Holger Rune (40) 6–1, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3. * Place in the world ranking in parentheses. The problems arose for the Croatian in the third set. After a double-digit number of unpressurized errors, Ruud broke for the second time to 3-0. The Croatian looked exhausted. But then the fight was interrupted. Eurosport expert thought Cilic could benefit from some rest. Ruud, however, had little trouble hauling the set 6-2. The winners meet the best in history Nadal won the second final after Alexander Zverev stepped over and had to retire at the position 7-6, 6-6 in the second set. Nadal will play his 14th final in the French Grand Slam tournament on Sunday. The Spaniard has won all of the previous 13 finals, and is history’s most winning on the Roland Garros gravel. The Spanish gravel king stands with only three losses in Paris. Robin Söderling knocked him out in the 4th round in 2009, before Novak Djokovic took the scalp on Nadal in 2015 and 2021. PS! The final will be played on Sunday, at 15.00. On Saturday, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff will meet in the women’s final.
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