((HT: NBC))
At 5-1 up in the second set, things started to go a little sideways at the men's final at Roland Garros...
First, some folks sitting in the last row of the upper deck started chanting in between points in the David Ferrer-Rafael Nadal match-up to disturb the peace and the players.
Then, two more protesters (somehow) made their way down through the camera well and one of the made it onto the court itself...
Really freaking out Nadal...
And here...
The starch was taken out of both players for the remainder of the second set and the early part of the third. No word on who is claiming responsibility for the outbursts and the towel on fire, but the HQ's guess is Basque separatists or some other group that was looking for a quick pop on the air...
The first thought of the players on the court had to go back to Monica Seles and her attack by Gunther Parsche- understandably so...
UPDATE: The flares in possession of the protesters started the fire in the tunnel and the protesters in the upper deck supposedly were calling for the protest of French President Francois Hollande
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