In Defense of Roger Federer

© Horacio Villalobos / European Pressphoto Agency
A spectator who accosted Roger Federer is brought down by security staff during the men’s final of the 2009 French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France. Despite the disturbance, Federer went on to win his match against Robin Söderling.
Horacio Villalobos‘ image is included in the PDN Photo Annual 2010 online gallery.
Tags: French Open, PDN Contest, PDN Photo Annual, Roger Federer, Roland Garros




June 7th, 2010 at 3:01 pm EEDT
Awesome shot… that security guard looks like a super hero the way he is swooping in the frame!
June 7th, 2010 at 3:36 pm EEDT
Cool shot!
June 8th, 2010 at 5:37 pm EEDT
Great shot! Nice timing!
June 8th, 2010 at 11:24 pm EEDT
nice photo, good job for the cop, applause applause
March 18th, 2011 at 7:12 am EEDT
Nice shot! That security guard should have a superman costume on the way he comes flying in.
December 23rd, 2011 at 5:44 am EEST
same photo is looking so so cool.Nice shot! That security guard should have a superman costume on the way he comes flying in to the man.
December 24th, 2011 at 1:59 am EEST
The shot was amazing and the timing is really cool. The quality of the image is very nice. It is good that there are people who take this pictures and post it to a blog to share it with others.
December 27th, 2011 at 12:56 am EEST
Roger Federer is one of my favorite’s tennis player. He’s really a great player however in this photo,he really defended himself and really pushed himself to win the game.