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project better has been targeted with the disturbing death threat
in shanghai china couple days before the start of the shanghai masters tournament
he is in the city already with his family at an internet user who goes by
the name of blue cap polytheistic religions founder of seven
i planned to assassinate better for the purpose of tennis extermination
the most disturbing part of this tennis
death threat is that the user allegedly posted in image showing a decapitated
federer on his knees
on a tennis court
with the math stats executioner dressed in black and holding an axe mexican
so the tournament organizers and local authorities are taking this very serious
thing they're going up
security for federer and the entire tournament
of course being china it's been reported that
the chinese authority asks
past the reporters not to mention this to write any stories about it
according to routers but course that wasn't
they didn't hold to that request nor should they
couple points here of course tennis is still reeling from the nineteen
ninety-three on court stabbing of monica say listen wimbledon
and it's amazing
what us what a cloud that is left over the sport what impact it has a
it's still fresh in the minds of everybody who it is a tennis panel still
works in tennis especially on the security side
so they take all the stuff very seriously
all the way down operate on to the core where it's supposed to be safe sanctuary
the second notable notable point here is that uh... tennis is rapidly on the rise
in china
leonardo woman but won the french open
two years ago
first chinese professional ever to win one of the four majors
tennis is growing in popularity at the professional level and at the
recreational level as china's economy expands says a lot more attention being
paid to its moorings spotlight authorities are taking it more seriously
tournaments are getting bigger and unfortunately this kinda stuff happens
i'm pretty sure roger federer will be safe because of all these precautions so
little disturbing that this has to go on
the shanghai masters is one of two
end of the year master's tournaments
one in shanghai of course in the other in paris coming up in a few weeks
and after those masters tournament says one big end of the year wrap-up
tournament with but at the top exceeded
players
participating in our role finishes up in the long grueling tennis season of
twenty twelve and just a couple weeks later will be the australian open to
open up by the two thousand thirteen seasons
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