After the intense fight between Nadal and Zverev, which ended with an injury to the German, Ruud faced Cilic. After two hours of play, the Norwegian led 3-6 / 6-4 / 4-1, having lost the first set.
At 15-15 in the fifth game, an activist took to the court to deliver an alarmist message on ecology. “There are only 1028 days left” before global warming is irreversible.
After ten minutes, the game was resumed.