CNN —Thursday’s US Open women’s semifinal between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova was halted in the second set after what appeared to be protesters in the crowd disrupted play in New York.
Charles Krupa/APGauff and Muchova had left the court during the pause, then returned and play eventually resumed after more than a 45-minute delay.
Four protesters were involved, and three of them “were escorted out of the stadium without further incident,” according to a statement from the US Tennis Association on Thursday night.
USTA executive Stacey Allaster told the ESPN broadcast: “There’s no doubt in a 24,000-seat stadium, hopefully, people don’t get ideas.
Certainly, security will be resuming – along with NYPD – to see what we can do to prevent it in the future.”
Persons:
CNN —, Coco Gauff, Karolina Muchova, “, –, Arthur Ashe, Charles Krupa, Muchova, Stacey Allaster, ”
Organizations:
CNN, ESPN, New York, US Tennis Association, USTA
Locations:
New York