Man Accosts Federer on Court

[Are_grits_groceries]

The man ran onto the court during the second set of Sunday’s French Open final. According to the Associated Press, he waved a flag and tried to place a red hat on Roger Federer’s head. (The play-by-play announcers on French Open Radio later said that the man was from Barcelona.)

Here’s The Associated Press report:

Federer pushed the intruder aside, and security guards ran onto the court to subdue the man, but he jumped over the net to get away. A security guard from Robin Soderling’s side of the court then ran out and tackled the man.

He was carried off the court by three security guards.

Federer won the first set 6-1 and was leading 2-1 in the second set when the man jumped onto the court.

Federer seemed shaken by the incident, losing the game as Soderling easily held serve. But the players held serve through a tie-breaker, which Federer won easily, 7-1, for a two-sets-to-none lead.

A man tried to place a beret on the head of Roger Federer as he played Robin Soderling during their men’s singles final at the French Open on Sunday.

http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/man-all-but-accosts-federer-on-court/?hp

He is lucky it was only a beret. Have the people running these matches forgetten Monica Seles?? They are complete idiots.

[Captain Hilts]

1. How is this possible after Seles??????!!!!!

[marmar]

2. I saw it......The world is chock full of nuts.

n/t

[TahitiNut]

4. (cough) The world should be so lucky.

:eyes:

[MuseRider]

3. That was insane

but he did recover.

After Seles I fail to understand how these people get on the court. It sure scared me for a moment.

[AngryAmish]

5. Excuse Manuel, he's from Barcelona.