Two matches on the Italian Open in Rome have been suspended following a protest by local weather activists.
The last-16 tie between Madison Keys and Sorana Cirstea was interrupted, together with a doubles match during which Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin have been dealing with Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic.
American Keys was main 6-2 3-1 when, in accordance with an announcement on the Italian Open web site, two activists sporting orange vests ran on to the court docket and threw confetti.
Others glued themselves to the stand earlier than police and firefighters arrived.
The protestors have been taken away earlier than the match resumed and Keys beat Romanian Cirstea 6-2 6-1.
There have been related scenes which induced a short lived stoppage to the doubles match on court docket 12.
Naomi Osaka misplaced 6-2 6-3 to China‘s Zheng Qinwen within the final 16.
Zheng, the Australian Open runner-up in January, reeled off seven straight video games from 2-1 down within the first set.
She accomplished victory in a single hour 24 minutes towards Japan‘s Osaka, who was making her first look on the event since 2021.
Zheng will play Coco Gauff or Paula Badosa within the quarter-finals.
