Tennis Security A Joke In Paris

A pretty scary scene occurred at the French Open men's finals on Sunday. One that was pretty embarrassing for the security staff at the tournament too and one that should be a lesson to all tournaments on how moments like these should not be handled, although there shouldn't be a need for another lesson after the Monica Seles stabbing. Pretty pathetic. As you can see, a man ran on court, startling Roger, and then approached him to attempt to put a hat on Federer's head. The man then proceeded to run around the court, jumping over the net onto the other side, all while the sloppy and overweight security guards, who were sleeping at wheel, chased him around. Finally one security guard took him down forcefully and the others eventually caught up. Federer was pretty shaken up, understandably so, but he collected himself just fine. The fact that this intruder was able to get out on court for a good 30 seconds without anyone laying a finger on him is inexcusable. Why weren't those guards quicker to grab him? The guards approached him on court in a caveman-like style, clearly without any strategy whatsoever. The man easily maneuvered his way from all of them. But the fact he had enough time on court to get in the face of Federer and attempt to put a hat on him is sad. Imagine what he could have done if he had some sort of weapon, or simply a sharp object. Thank goodness it was all non-violent. You just never know though. The full clip of the situation is below. And the clip under that includes his press conference reaction to it.

Anyways, congrats to Roger Federer for winning his first French Open. I think this pretty much locks him up as being the best tennis player ever.