A lot of strange things happening at the 2011 French Open, and it's not involving the players. First an overzealous ballboy, now this:
After Roger Federer's quarterfinal win yesterday, he was at the side of the court signing autographs. One female fan tried to climb onto a railing to get a slightly better view of Federer when she lost her balance and fell onto the court. Fortunately the fan only fell a couple of feet and was unhurt, but she will have to live with this video being out there on the Internet forever.
Federer was nice enough to go over to her, make sure she was OK, and then snapped a picture with her. So she did manage to get something for her troubles.
However, this incident does lead to one concern: with the fan in this case getting "rewarded" by falling over the rail by accident, will more fans will start throwing themselves over railings and onto the court (or field in other sports) on purpose to get close to these athletes? They could end up hurting themselves or the athletes, which would not be a good situation for anyone. Hopefully this will not become a trend.
Federer comforts embarrassed fan who tumbles onto court [Busted Racquet]
After Roger Federer's quarterfinal win yesterday, he was at the side of the court signing autographs. One female fan tried to climb onto a railing to get a slightly better view of Federer when she lost her balance and fell onto the court. Fortunately the fan only fell a couple of feet and was unhurt, but she will have to live with this video being out there on the Internet forever.
Federer was nice enough to go over to her, make sure she was OK, and then snapped a picture with her. So she did manage to get something for her troubles.
However, this incident does lead to one concern: with the fan in this case getting "rewarded" by falling over the rail by accident, will more fans will start throwing themselves over railings and onto the court (or field in other sports) on purpose to get close to these athletes? They could end up hurting themselves or the athletes, which would not be a good situation for anyone. Hopefully this will not become a trend.
Federer comforts embarrassed fan who tumbles onto court [Busted Racquet]
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