This ALMOST Kept Novak Djokovic In The French Today

((HT: Seth Rosenthal's Vine))

The HQ isn't sure this is the kind of motivation we would need to stay in a major tennis tournament, but it may be enough motivation for us to get something done a little quicker than we would normally need or want to get something done...

We're showing this on a couple of different fronts:


Rafa Nadal won the French in four sets and it did look like Djokovic wanted to get out of town and have quick points to get to a fifth and deciding set.

But the other question is: Was the slo-mo too much for the average viewer or did you dig it...???

Congrats On Winning Even Though You Lost

((HT: Sportsnet))

Usually, when the HQ is at a sporting event, we're paying attention to what's going on so we can report what's going on...

Sounds solid, right...???

This happened to Nicolas Mahut after his four set loss in the first round of the French over the weekend...


Solid career move we think...

Protesters Freak Out French Open (UPDATE)

((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

Hulk! Smash! Disguised As Mikhail Youzhny...

((HT: ESPN))

Tommy Haas became the oldest quarterfinalist in French Open history at the straight-set expense of Mikhail Youzhny...
1, 1, and 3... it was a rough day for the opponent...

And one of his rackets...


That happened at 1-6, 0-3...
It obviously didn't work out...