During a tennis match between Ireland and Austria, play was interrupted when protesters threw tennis balls onto the court. The balls were marked with Palestinian flags, signaling a protest against Ireland’s sporting relations with Israel. The incident forced a timeout in the match as officials and staff worked to clear the court.

Following the initial disruption, the match briefly resumed, but was further impacted when an individual carrying a Palestinian flag entered the playing area. The protest was explicitly organized to call for a boycott of Ireland's second match against Israel. While the report from The Times of Israel confirms the sequence of events—the throwing of the balls, the timeout, and the subsequent pitch invasion—it does not provide details regarding the identity of the protesters or the specific response from the tennis federation or the players involved. The disruption highlights ongoing tensions regarding international sporting events and the Israel-Palestine conflict, specifically focusing on the demand for athletic boycotts as a form of political protest.