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Tennis: Now With Added Serb-Bosnian Violence

by Spencer Hall • Jan 23, 2009 9:21 AM EST

You know what's missing from the Australian Open? Lame chair-throwing with just a hint of genocide, that's what.

What you're looking at there are Serbian and Bosnian tennis fans throwing chairs at each other after Novak Djokovic defeated Amer Delic at the Aussie Open, reminding you that a) tennis hooligans exist, and b) they're almost always from the Balkans for some reason. A girl sustained minor injuries in the incident, three extremely intelligent and rational people are going to be charged in the altercation, and we're all reminded of an ugly civil war and subsequent genocide from the last decade despite being on the other side of the planet at a friendly tennis match. Multitasking!

(Ed. Note: There was also a similar incident two days ago between Serbian and Croatian fans.)

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TAKE THAT NOVAK JOKERVIC!!!

by npcPronk29 on Jan 23, 2009 6:35 PM EST reply actions  

Didn’t some crazy Serb stab Monica Seles?

by L'etat, c'est moi on Jan 23, 2009 6:54 PM EST reply actions  

Much, much worse went down in the Indian govenment  a few years ago:

http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/86775/goverment_brawl_in_india.swf

Sad that Indian political representatives do a better job of chair-tossing than these tennis fans, but hey.

by Not_bob on Jan 23, 2009 7:51 PM EST reply actions  

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