BRITAIN’s number one Katie Boulter has been praised for helping clear up a protest by Just Stop Oil at Wimbledon.
The eco nut charged onto Court 18 and hurled a puzzle and orange confetti during Boulter’s first round match against Australian Daria Saville.
William John Ward, 66, then unveiled his Just Stop Oil t-shirt during the 4.30pm carnage on Wednesday.
He was quickly tackled and dragged off by security.
Both Boulter and her opponent helped the ball boys and girls clean up the debris before a leaf blower was called into action.
She has now be praised online for her no-nonsense reaction to the “eco idiot’s” behaviour.
One person said: “Katie Boulter becomes the first player to clear up a jigsaw on court and win a match at Wimbledon.”
While another sung her praised, adding”Well done Katie Boulter, despite interruption from protesters who are old enough to know better.”
And a third chimed: “Good performance that from Katie Boulter regrouped well after the oil protester idiot.”
Despite the disruption, Boulter went on to win her match 7-6, 6-2.
The protest came just hours after two other protesters were yanked off the court following their idiotic display and arrested.
Deborah Wilde, 68, and Simon Milner-Edwards, 66, raced onto the same Court 18 from the stands this afternoon, halting the match.
Police then rushed onto the court and the eco-idiots were dragged from the turf.
Sho Shimabukuro and Grigor Dimitrov were today locked in a tense battle when the idiots disrupted it.
The protesting pair poured the mess on the court before the man sat cross-legged in front of the net, and the woman continued walking aimlessly around the court.
Their idiocy saw play quickly suspended, with the men’s singles match called off not long after 2pm.
Just Stop Oil’s Wimbledon chaos comes just days after one of their protesters was carried off the cricket pitch at Lords by Jonny Bairstow.
Earlier this year, the activists vowed to carry out a summer of disruption, targeting major sporting events.
They have so far disrupted the Grand National, the Snooker World Championships, the Premiership Rugby final, the Ashes and Wimbledon.
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