The man raised his arm and shouted Nazi slogans (Picture: Getty)

The semi-final of tennis’ Swedish Open was shockingly interrupted when a man walked onto court, raised his right arm and shouted a Nazi slogan.

Footage of the match between Spaniards Fernando Verdasco and David Ferrer showed a man wearing a black T-shirt wandering towards the court.

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The umpire was forced to halt the match mid-point as the man shouted ‘Hell Seger’ – a Swedish translation of the Nazi slogan ‘Sieg Heil’.

He was pictured raising his arm in a Nazi salute.


Play was stopped while the man was apprehended by security guards – though a broadcast of the match shows how easily he disrupted the game.



He was taken away by security (Picture: Getty)

Members of the crowd can be heard booing and whistling towards the man as he begins shouting the Nazi phrase.

After a brief interruption, play continued.

Ferrer was leading by a set at the time, but Verdasco bounced back to take the second set.

However, Ferrer overcame his rival in the decider to progress to the final of the competition.