French Open Security Update: Roger Federer Is Surrounded! [Video]

Yup. No adjustments to security need to be made…LOL!

May 29th, 2015 at 12:42 pm

That’ll work,lol!

May 29th, 2015 at 1:05 pm

Only thing is they might smother him! Lol

May 29th, 2015 at 1:29 pm

PS. Now this is favouritism in the extreme! Lol

May 29th, 2015 at 1:30 pm

I guess his request was granted then.

May 29th, 2015 at 1:32 pm

This is kinda hilarious. Effing royalty at the French Open.

May 29th, 2015 at 2:00 pm

Let’s hope they are good at their jobs. More security does not necessarily mean better security

May 29th, 2015 at 2:01 pm

I can barely see Roger, LOL.

Is that him, on his phone? :-)

May 29th, 2015 at 2:03 pm

Bunch of clowns!

May 29th, 2015 at 2:06 pm

At least there’s more than one clown for this circus!

May 29th, 2015 at 2:15 pm

What a lot of hassle just to get another runner-up tea tray next week.

May 29th, 2015 at 2:19 pm

Elina,
Not funny by a long shot The “request” you mentioned was for his safety, not cause he no likey the ump.
Sore loser losing the request argument perhaps?
mew.

May 29th, 2015 at 3:28 pm

It appears that the French Open bosses aim to please witn all requests…..or demands….which is it??

May 29th, 2015 at 5:46 pm

Oh don’t be too hard on yourself skeezer (even though you also lost the Kyrgios notch on the bedpost bragging).

May 29th, 2015 at 6:04 pm

I will have to admit…..I love SnotNosedKid’s moniker…….hilarious!

May 29th, 2015 at 6:12 pm

Okie. :(((

May 29th, 2015 at 6:43 pm

The incident of a fan managing to breach security to get a selfie with Roger should never have happened but pales into insignificance compared with the demonstrator carrying a lighted flare who ran amok in the middle of Rafa’s match last year and came within a few feet of him.

The 15-man posse of guards now surrounding Federer is simply window dressing designed to appease the Great One and, as already pointed out above, just another example of how his every whim is pandered to.

May 29th, 2015 at 7:41 pm

^and should be. He is the GOAT.
If Rafa demands….errrr…requests.. the same security be comforted that he will get it.

May 29th, 2015 at 7:54 pm

I love the French! More security than the President of the Republic… A little bit teasing, maybe? :-)

May 29th, 2015 at 8:12 pm

I think it will be great if he keeps his security details while on court. The court can accommodate all of them. Then all the Security can glide “gracefully” and achieve immortality.

May 29th, 2015 at 8:22 pm

Yolita lol!

I think you may be onto something! I never thought of that. A bit too OTT to be serious perhaps.

That would make more sense.

May 29th, 2015 at 8:27 pm

skeezer, you may be onto something.

Maybe Rafa could demand that Bernardes could be on his security detail.

From what I hear, he now has a lot more spare time on his hands!

May 29th, 2015 at 8:31 pm

anyone else think fed looks kind of embarrassed? it definitely seems drastic or else tongue-in-cheek, as yolita suggests. it’s like men in black x 10. :D

May 29th, 2015 at 8:42 pm

You guys, or maybe they are GOAT herders lol.

May 29th, 2015 at 8:45 pm

ha ha, elina. maybe. :D

May 29th, 2015 at 9:01 pm

Jane,

I think he is kind of embarrassed, hence looking at his phone heads down all the time. The good things is at least he is secured, but maybe the French Organizers got a bit pissed and said, ok, do you want more security, you will get it. Because they could cut half those guys and it will still be plenty of people:-)

May 29th, 2015 at 11:23 pm

Elina

GOAT herders. Love it. I wonder whose idea it was to dress them up to look like undertakers at a funereal?

May 30th, 2015 at 1:57 am

daniel, yeah, tha’s what i meant (looking at phone, head down, etc)

May 30th, 2015 at 3:24 am

Gachassin and his team are disappointed me more and more. They made a joke of Roland Garros. Federer asked for more security, with a very good reason, and the only thing they did is to try to embarrass him, instead of realizing they made errors.

May 30th, 2015 at 4:09 am

Federer’s henchmen :)

You wanted more security? Here’s security for ya!

May 30th, 2015 at 10:01 pm