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Daily Mirror
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Matthew Young & Ben Husband

Just Stop Oil protestors disrupt Wimbledon match and cover court with orange confetti

Just Stop Oil protestors made their way onto the courts of Wimbledon in their latest attempt to disrupt a high-profile sporting event.

The incident occurred during the first-round match between Grigor Dimitrov and Sho Shimabukuro. The game, which had been delayed from Tuesday, was disrupted at the start of the second set when two protestors entered the court and spread orange confetti.

Wimbledon organisers have been fearing disruption from the group, after intelligence had suggested they were planning on taking action at some point during the fortnight. There had been fears that activists could look to glue themselves to the net, the umpire’s chair or the court itself.

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