Australian Open chaos as protestor chucks sheets of paper on court as crowd member steps in
A protestor has caused disruption at the Australian Open after chucking sheets of paper in reference to the Israel-Hamas war onto the court for Cam Norrie’s match against Alexander Zverev.
The British No 1 and Zverev were midway through the third set with the match level when the disruption occurred.
Boos from the crowd could be heard as a woman with a face mask on ran down the stairs and began shouting “free palestine”.
The protestor then threw a bunch of paper onto the court, which read “free palestine” and “war crimes and genocide”.
The protestor was stopped be a member in the crowd
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