Excuse me security there's an idiot on the court

For those of you who don't watch SportsCenter, here is the video of Rodger Federer being "greeted" by a fan, before he won the French Open on Sunday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brLbQ5cRuIY&feature=related

While this is amusing to watch now, at the time it was happening everyone was holding there breath as the fan inched closer to Federer.

First off, I must commend Federer for not losing his focus, and taking home the French Open championship. Of all the things Federer has accomplished in the sport of tennis, he never won a French Open.

Now back to the idiot. Sure he was prancing around and looked the least bit like a threat, but French security should of still been waiting for him the second he jumped onto the court. It shouldn't matter if the guy is 3-years-old he should of never been able to get that close to Federer.

As I watched this video, I couldn't believe how long it took security to get a hold of this psycho. You never know what your going to get with a crazed fan. Who knows what he could have been carrying in his pocket, or what his feelings were on Federer.

While I do commend Federer for keeping his cool, it's really surprising to me that he didn't use any type of physical force on the guy. I don't think anyone would of blamed him if he did, I mean the guy was literally right in his face. Can you imagine if that was John Mcenroe out there? That guy would of been knocked so hard, security would have to carry him out in a stretcher.

According to Federer, via SportsCenter, he said the guy was not a threat so he saw no need to protect himself.

When you watch this it brings back the horrid memories of Monica Seles's. For those of you who are not familiar with her, she was stabbed in the back when she was 19-years-old. It happened during a quarter final tennis match, when she was considered by many to be the best female tennis player in the world. Apparently the motivation was her Serbian roots. While she did survive the attack, she never fully recovered from the injury, physically or mentally.

The French Security should take this in as a valuable lesson, and think what could of happened. Even though no one saw him as a real threat, he still should have never been that close to Federer. If something like this ever happens again, you can bet that security will be a lot more on top of things.