Attacked?

I’m not an avid fan of tennis, I don’t even know the rules of the game. It was my husband who influenced me since he’s into it. Now, I can recognize some of the famous players, even infamous ones. And I once even thought of trying so that my husband and I can play whenever we got some time alone.

Last night as I was net surfing, I watched this video of Roger Federer attempted by a fan to make him wear a hat. The famous player was shocked, got scared and went to a corner to give himself protection while the fan was being chased by the securities.

We cannot deny the fact that when somebody we don’t know head to us, we sometimes feel a bit of nervous and scared. For we don’t know what is the persons intention. When I watched the video, I felt a bit embarrassed with what Federer did, that he didn’t acknowledged the person who’s just trying to give him a personal remembrance. I thought he was some kind of a snob. But as I scroll the pages of the news, I bit by bit understood why he acted as such. I read that there were tennis players who were attacked by fans in the middle of the game, and there was one who was even stabbed. For me what Federer did was justifiable. He didn’t panicked and he didn’t do something to provoke the guy to do indecent to him.

There are really some who can’t resist whenever they see their idol. In short, their such an avid fan. But how can we blame them, if for them, the only way to get near is to suddenly head towards their idols direction even in untimely manner. Sports icon, even famous actors and actresses are surrounded by their bodyguards. Fans are only given a chance to glance at them during games or occasions. Fans are given limited access, well, sometimes not. Let’s just give the guy who did that to Federer a fair judgement. And let’s just thank that nothing happened to our dear champion. For us what happened is something that caught everyones attention while waiting for the game. It is now part of tennis history.