Climate protesters stop play in Rome before Keys sets up Swiatek meeting

Madison Keys joked that she had been tempted to tackle ­protesters as a number of matches at the ­Italian Open were interrupted by the climate crisis protest group, Last Generation, on Monday.

During Keys’s 6-2, 6-1 win against Sorana Cirstea, play was stopped for nearly an hour after protesters threw confetti on to the clay courts and tried to glue themselves to the stands. “Honestly, as soon as I saw them come over the barrier, my…