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The protester came on court during the second match on the opening day of the Laver Cup in London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A protester set his arm on fire after running on court and briefly stopping play during the Laver Cup at the O2 Arena in London.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The young man, wearing a T-shirt with the message ‘End UK private jets’, was quickly removed by security and detained in an internal corridor.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Laver Cup organisers said he had been arrested and police were “handling” it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The incident happened before the second set of the match between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It came out of nowhere,” said Greek world number six Tsitsipas. “I never had an incident like this happen on court. I hope he is all right.”<\/span><\/p>\n

It is the latest security breach at a tennis tournament following incidents at the Australian Open and French Open earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

A male protester, carrying a banner which read ‘Abolish refugee detention’, jumped on to the court during the Australian Open men’s singles final between Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev in January.<\/span><\/p>\n

In May, a female protester <\/span>interrupted the French Open semi-final<\/span><\/a> between Casper Ruud and Marin Cilic. She walked on to Court Philippe Chatrier, knelt beside the net post, tied something around her neck and fastened it to the net.<\/span><\/p>\n

In London on Friday, there was a short delay of about five minutes before the Laver Cup match resumed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tsitsipas, playing for Team Europe, had just won the opening set and the Greek went on to clinch a 6-2 6-1 victory.<\/span><\/p>\n

The win put Europe 2-0 ahead on day one of the three-day team event after world number two Ruud won 6-4 5-7 10-7 against Jack Sock in the opening match on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Britain’s former world number one Andy Murray then had the opportunity to guarantee a lead for Europe at the end of the opening day.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the 35-year-old Scot lost 5-7 6-3 10-7 to Australia’s Alex de Minaur, who reduced the deficit for Team World to 2-1.<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday’s final match sees Swiss great Roger Federer bring his illustrious career to an end.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 41-year-old, who is retiring afterwards, plays alongside Spain’s Rafael Nadal in a doubles match against Sock and his fellow American Frances Tiafoe. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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