Crazy Fan Attacks Federer During French Open

This is the moment when a fan jumped into the court and tried to make Roger Federer wear a hat. The fan was wearing what appeared to be a Barcelona flag, so I have no idea what the real deal is with him.



Federer's response to the attack:

First, I didn’t know exactly what happened. All of a sudden I heard the crowd, and I looked over and he jumped over the fence or something. That gave me a fright, just like seeing him so close right away.

The good thing is like it happened before, you know, so that’s why I guess I didn’t panic. It happened in Wimbledon before when two guys ran out on the court, and once I think it was in Montreal when I lost to Roddick when I was playing for my No. 1 ranking in the third set.

Som it wasn’t the firsttime. Normally they always kind of look at me and go, I’m so sorry I have to do this, because they have some sort of a reason for it, you know. (Laughter.)

I remember the English guy was actually quite funny. He looked at me and goes, I’m so sorry I have to do this. I was like, Okay, just don’t touch me, you know.

This guy, I don’t know, he looked at me and I was not sure what he wanted. It seemed like he wanted to give me something. So I was actually okay,because I saw he wasn’t pulling for anything stupid.

It definitely felt uncomfortable once he came close to me. Looking back, it definitely threw me out of my rhythm a little bit. One game later I thought that maybe I should have sat down and taken a minute or two to kind of reflect on what just happened. Was that real or what?

But I don’t know. I mean, I wanted to play on and whatever, get over it. But it was a touch scary, yes.

The crazy fan is known to be Jimmy Jump .. nice nickname. Jumping into courts and fields seem to be his hobby, and Stade Roland Garros was his latest target.

Roger's Federer 14th Grand Slam As Nadal Stops His French Open Winning Streak

We can honestly say that Roger Federer is the man!

Despite losing the World's no. 1 title to Rafa, and losing a couple more time after that, Federer got back up to his feet and conquered the lawn tennis world again. He laid low for a short while as he and his longtime girlfriend-fiance finally got married last April. But he has finally marked a new beginning as he wins his 14th major Grand Slam title - the French Open!

It used to be that it was Rafael Nadal who wins in the French Open. He lost out in the fourth round, though, to Sweden Robin Soderling, and is currently spending some sweet time off with his girlfriend. It's also healing time for his knee injury, so he's taking it easy. I'm sure he'll come back with a vengeance once he's okay. Then there might be another epic battle between the longtime rivals.

"I knew the day Rafa won't be in the finals, I will be there, and I will win. I always knew that, and I believed in it. That's exactly what happened," Federer said. "It's funny. I didn't hope for it. But I believed in it."

Throughout the match, Federer remained his cool. Even when a crazy fan came dangerously close to him came onto the court, the Swiss player played calmly and went on for the win against Soderling - 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4.

"Every time I played Roger, after the match, I always said, 'I played so bad today.' Now I learned that it's not that I played bad," Soderling said. "He makes me play bad."

Soderling didn't play all that bad. He had surprised tennis fans after he swept off Nadal, No. 10 Nikolay Davydenko, No. 12 Fernando Gonzalez and No. 14 David Ferrer. If he'll beat out Andy Murray, too, then I will keep tabs on this guy.

Baijing Olympics Gold Goes To Nadal

2008 is certainly Rafael Nadal's year --- from winning the French Open and the Wimbledon tournaments to getting the Olympic gold medal in lawn tennis singles. Oh, and he's now the top-ranked player of male lawn tennis!

From UK Daily Record:

He said: "In my wildest dreams I never thought I could do what I have this year.

"I know how difficult it is to win these things and especially here because you only have one chance every four years.

"I arrived very tired but probably the reason I won this title is because I had a fantastic time in the Olympic village."