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source: The Daily Telegraph



The incident during the final of the Roland Garros tournament, which happened with Roger Federer leading 6-1, 2-1 against Sweden's Robin Soderling, stunned the players, officials and capacity crowd on the Philippe Chatrier centre court.

As Federer prepared to serve, the spectator, a regular interloper at sports events both at home in Spain and abroad and known by the self-styled nickname Jimmy Jump, clambered over the courtside wall and rushed up to him. Dressed in the Swiss colours of red and white and brandishing a flag of his football team - European champions Barcelona - he tried but failed to place a red hat on Federer's head.

Security guards ran at the spectator who darted off to the other side of the court before he was brought down and carried off forcefully. As he was being taken away he was heard saying that he had wanted to pay homage to Federer and make a gesture against dethroned Spanish champion and knows Real Madrid fan Rafael Nadal. He was arrested and faces up to 12 months in prison or possibly more if the French Tennis Federation decides to take legal action against him.

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