Tennis
A man set himself on fire on the court before Federer’s farewell match. What did he seek?
The activist wished to add fire to the confrontation between Tsitsipas and Schwartzman. For the sake of a good idea, his right hand suffered.
On the eve of the farewell match of the Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, the fan decided to speak out against private aviation. The performance in the name of the purity of the British sky hardly ignited the hearts of the aircraft owners, but it did scorch the unfortunate hand.
The activist did not wait for the legendary tennis player.
Fight against evil
World tennis legend Roger Federer, who has two dozen Grand Slam titles to his credit, has retired from his professional career. Paired with his eternal rival Rafael Nadal, the Swiss lost to the Americans Jack Sock and Francis Tiafoe. The meeting on the center court of the O2 Arena was held as part of the Laver Cup final.
On the eve of Federer’s farewell match, the not-so-legendary Stefanos Tsitsipas fought on the same court with the even less famous Diego Schwartzman. The match ended with a confident victory for the Greek with a score of 6:2, 6:1. One would think that everything ended without a spark. However, there was fire. An environmental activist decided to anneal on the court, and in the most literal sense.
The 20-year-old environmentalist may have thought that the use of private jets in the UK is so evil that the only way to stop this outrage is by setting his hand on fire. The author of the performance, who ran onto the court, wearing a T-shirt with the inscription “Enough private jets in the UK”, initially did not want to engage in self-mutilation, but the flammable liquid spilled by the hooligan got on his limb. Fortunately, the ecologist’s hand did not disappear without a trace in the flames – the fire went out faster than the intrigue in the confrontation between Tsitsipas and Schwartzman.
Whether the activist conveyed his message to British private jet owners is not clear. Even if they felt embarrassed, no reliable information has yet appeared about any significant changes in the airspace of the UK.
It is much more likely that the unlucky environmentalist simply caused himself senseless damage, and even deprived himself of the chance to finally see the farewell match of the legendary Federer. The troublemaker, by the way, did not catch Tsitsiapas’ victory either – the security service promptly took the arsonist out of the stadium.
Source: Sportbox
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Tennis
22-28.12 Schedule and results of matches between Ukrainians and Ukrainians at ITF tournaments
Sport.ua presents the schedule and results of matches of Ukrainian tennis players at the ITF World Tour tournaments from December 15 to 21
men
M15 Antalya (Türkiye – location), Antalya Series
Singles, elimination, first round
- Maxim Khlyvnyuk (Ukraine) – Ibrahim Yego (Kenya) – absent
- Filip Pavic (Kosovo) – Andrey Bilata (Ukraine) – without
Singles, qualifiers, second round
- Maxim Khlyvnyuk (Ukraine) – Stefanos Schinas (Greece, 15) – 23.12, at 10:00 at the latest
- Alexandru Balan (Canada, 6) – Andrey Bilata (Ukraine) – 23.12, 12:30 at the latest
Singles, first round
- TVA – Nikita Bilozertsev (Ukraine, 6) –TVA
- TVA – Ilya Biloborodko (Ukraine) –TVA
- TVA – Alexander Ovcharenko (Ukraine, 2) –TVA
Doubles, first round
- Dillon Beckles (USA) and Alexander Wagner (Austria) – Nikita Bilozertsev (Ukraine) and Alp Horoz (Türkiye) – TVA
- William Mirarchi (Italy) and Daniil Stepanov – Mihai Marinescu (Romania) and Alexander Ovcharenko (Ukraine, 4) –TVA
M15 Monastir (Tunisia – difficult), FTT by Magic Hotel Tours
Singles, elimination, first round
- Kazuki Nishiwaki (Japan, 6) – Arseniy Mironov (Ukraine) – 6:0, 6:0
Women
W15 Antalya (Türkiye – ground), Antalya Series
Singles, elimination, first round
- Anastasia Necule (Romania) – Yaroslava Sribnaya (Ukraine) –TVA
- Arina Yakusheva (Ukraine) – Naz Kaynak (Türkiye) – TVA
- Jamie Collinson (Australia) – Helen Grab (Ukraine) –TVA
- Serafima Vasilyeva (Ukraine) – Öykü Şahbaz (Ukraine) – none
Singles, qualifiers, second round
- Eva Galievskaya (Ukraine, 6) – Honoka Uchiyama (Japan) or Alisa Aksiyanova – TVA
- Serafima Vasilyeva (Ukraine) – Sabina Shaidullina or Ema Garayda (Czech Republic, 14) – TVA
Doubles, first round
- Asylzhan Arystanbekova (Kazakhstan) and Ingkar Dyusebay (Kazakhstan) – Sara Balan (Romania) and Eva Galievskaya (Ukraine) –TVA
- Nanari Katsumi (Romania) and Honoka Uchiyama (Japan) – Helen Grab (Ukraine) and Arina Yakusheva (Ukraine) –TVA
Source: Sport UA
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20-year-old American tennis player Lerner Tien (ATP 28) Became the winner of the ATP 2025 Junior Final Tournament.
The Americans were defeated in the final of the competition held on indoor courts in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Alexander Blox (Belgium, ATP 116) 1 hour 1 minute.
Next Generation ATP Finals 2025. Final, December 21
Lerner Tien (AMERICA) [1] –Alexander Blox (Belgium) [2] – 4:3 (7:4), 4:2, 4:1
Tien played in the Next Generation finals for the second time. He lost to João Fonseca in the decisive match in 2024.
Lerner suffered one defeat, losing to Rafael Hodar in the first round of the group stage in Jeddah. He then defeated Blox as well as Martin Landaluse, Nikolay Budkov Kjaer and Nishesh Basavareddy.
Tien becomes the second Youth Finals champion after Brandon Nakashima – Nakashima won the Next Gen award in 2022.
Lerner Thien received $502,250 in prize money for his victory at the Next Gen ATP Finals 2025.
Photo gallery of the award ceremony
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The final match will be held on December 21 ATP Youth Final Tournament 2025 In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Net Gen ATP Finals cup will be played on: Alexander Blocks (Belgium, ATP 116) and Lerner Tien (USA, ATP 28). The starting time of the meeting is 19.00 Kyiv time.
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This will be the first head-to-head meeting between the rivals at Tour level and the third if you take into account the junior competitions (1:1).
The winner of the match will receive the Junior Final award.
Source: Sport UA
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