Demonstrators protesting the use of fossil fuels took to Wimbledon Wednesday, dumping confetti and puzzle piece onto the All-England Club's grass courts during play.
Boulter and Saville then helped clean up the confetti before resuming their match that Boulter won 7-6 , 6-2.
Dimitrov, who won his match, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1, told reporters that his initial instinct was to intervene with the protest before the thought better of it. "No, no, not at all," he said."I think we are never left unguarded anywhere we have to go. So yeah, I mean, walking to the court, you're always surrounded by the right people. I for one feel okay with everything on that end."
"We have plans in place to mitigate the risks working in partnership with specialist agencies and the Metropolitan Police and should an incident occur, the appropriate specialist teams will respond,"American Danielle Collins told reporters that she understood why the protests were taking place.
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