U.S. Open Fight VIDEO: Fans Brawl In Stands (VIDEO)

The 2010 U.S. Open, like last year's edition, has seen several contentious moments on the court. Now it appears that some of the drama has spilled into the stands.

According to the New York Daily News, a brawl broke out among spectators Thursday night in section 187 as Novak Djokovic and Philipp Petzschner played nearby. Both participants -- a woman and a man -- were reportedly taken away by police.

Meanwhile, on the court, Djokovic secured a victory. Scroll down for video of the altercation.

WATCH:

UPDATE, here's another video, via SportsByBrooks:

Comments

[wildlotus]

09:12 AM on 09/13/2010

well... ok, we made it to two semi-final­s of the 2010 US Open (up at the top though)...
all in all, very well behaved people in the nosebleed sections, moreso than last year..
in fact, ppl seemed rather quiet... we missed the cheers and jeers of last year...

[vrndavan]

12:04 AM on 09/13/2010

@ Van Troi

I can only conclude from all of your arguments that you are exactly like these two hooligans, and that is why you defend them so much. For the final time I will say to you: NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO ASSAULT ANOTHER PERSON SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT THAT PERSON IS SAYING. I would not be surprised if the hooligans are also Tbaggers, hence their controllin­g and despicable nature. There was even a post on here by someone that knows the hooligans stating that the hooligans have a reputation in their neighborho­od as upstarts.

Why you defend them so vehemently is beyond me. The videos plainly shows who the attackers were. I think you're totally wrong about the victim in the video being unable to bring an assault case against the hooligan duo. If anything, an attorney would take the case just for the publicity. Look at how many comment there are on here, the majority are against the few of you that defend the aggressive behavior by these awful people.

I leave at that, you're free to have and hold your opinion, even if you are significan­tly wrong. Even if you did work for a lawyer, these two show no compunctio­n in acting like lunatics in public. I happen to know two very smart attorneys who saw this video, and without a doubt they both clearly saw who the aggressors were.

One day the world will be just as you'd like. Keep on dreaming.

[wildlotus]

09:13 AM on 09/13/2010

wow.. who is this Van Troi, who is getting so much comments on her?

[sloreader]

09:48 PM on 09/08/2010

These people take the "love" out of tennis.

[wildlotus]

09:53 AM on 09/13/2010

the games were fun... !!!!!! the love out of tennis is hard to take out.

[che guevara]

12:12 PM on 09/08/2010

hell hath no fury like that of the woman who's crispy creme doughnut has been taken away from her

[truth889]

06:02 PM on 09/08/2010

If I were her I would use this publicity to get a got in the WWE. WOW she makes CYNA look feminine. Personally­, if I see a 250lbs grizzly charging at me, I'm swinging!

[wildlotus]

09:52 AM on 09/13/2010

well, not really.
hell hath no fury like a fan's game ruined by overly loud noise.. but regardless­, the dude on the left did not deserve to be beaten for it.

[Eddy333]

07:53 AM on 09/08/2010

"Hey man I got it on video!!"

Duh. Like anyone can hear him and like anyone cares.

[ChicagoBlackRainbowWomen]

01:10 AM on 09/08/2010

Do not pass GO, do not collect $200.00, go str8 to jail. They should check the both the ole gezzers blood for extreme amounts of geritol.

[Stardog75]

12:48 AM on 09/08/2010

This guy is about to start having a much more difficult time getting laid.

[SuperRyan]

04:34 AM on 09/08/2010

He lives with his girlfriend­, who seems to support him.
I would say the couple will have a much more difficult time getting laid, but I don't think their chances were that high before the incident.

[che guevara]

12:14 PM on 09/08/2010

& a much easier time for getting laid flat or is that fattened & flattened ?

[supertim]

12:00 AM on 09/08/2010

if i saw a heffer of that size coming at me, i would not have stood there and argued, at least on the bright side, if the New York football Giants need a second string linebacker­, i am sure that lady could fill in adequately

[rview]

11:46 PM on 09/07/2010

If the guy was being obnoxious she should have gotten an attendant to help. She and the old man should have been thrown in jail for assault.

[Leto II]

11:01 PM on 09/07/2010

Who's this woman think she is to be slapping a total stranger? Even if the kid was being obnoxious, she hads no right to slap him. Even though this kid looked like a punk, he showed great restraint by not retaliatin­g against her.

[Joshy X]

05:46 PM on 09/07/2010

if he's swearing away in the stands in front of everyone he deserved his smack down and ejection..­. glad she and her dad stood up to him...

[silkyj]

06:03 PM on 09/07/2010

Take it you obviously never been to a mets / giants / yankees or knicks game.....

[sistahfriend]

06:58 PM on 09/07/2010

No he doesn't. NO one has the right to put their hands on another person. They should of went to security if he was being disruptive­.

[Black Misfit]

03:33 PM on 09/07/2010

Forget football, tennis is the violence prone sport for fans? Uh huh...... You know something? Never mind.

[Richard Pearce]

03:30 PM on 09/07/2010

I wonder how many of the 'it was all his (the young man's) fault' would have been calling for the other two to be facing jail time for assualt if the ages had been reversed?

[sistahfriend]

07:00 PM on 09/07/2010

I know.

People forget, in the 21st Century, everything ends up on tape.

LOL

[Richard Pearce]

07:24 PM on 09/07/2010

And the security people knew it too.

The days when you can just toss the 'obvious troublemak­er' out, and have that be the end of it, are gone. They may have descended on and been fairly aggressive with the 'obvious troublemak­er', but they also stopped and listened to those who were telling them that the 'troublema­ker' wasn't the one who escalated the incident, and that likely had more to do with the awareness that it would likely not come down to a case of 'he said-she said' but rather the much more embarassin­g and dangerous 'see for yourself who attacked who'.

[noob1]

02:32 PM on 09/07/2010

give them both tennis rackets and put them in a cage, two fans enter, one leaves!

[nikkinocks]

08:47 PM on 09/07/2010

Just make sure to have Tina sing We Don't Need Another Hero at the start of the cage match...

[derekdli]

11:06 AM on 09/07/2010

I'm really surprised that everyone seems to side with the young man here. It really seems like the crowd is against him; I'm assuming they have a reason. Judging from the body language, it really seems like she was speaking her mind, and he was too good to hear her.

As for everyone yelling "criminal assault". Really? Sure. Legally, both the older man and woman probably would have been found guilty. But morally? It looked like the young man was a loudmouth, and I think the rest of the crowd was happy that somebody had the guts to tell him to shut up.

Maybe I'm prejudiced­, because every time I watch the way he talks, I want him to get his ass kicked. But is that worse than being prejudiced against the older couple because they're older and overweight­? The guy is cussing up a storm, and obviously said things to the woman and man that prompted them to lose control.

[whenlibsattack]

03:16 PM on 09/07/2010

dude could have told them he eats babies for breakfast, still doesn't give them the right to physically attack him.

[SuperRyan]

03:21 PM on 09/07/2010

I don't fall for group think or mob mentality.
The easy answer, and the moral answer to a loud mouthed jerk, is to ask security for assistance­.
The fact that some people cheer the first assault does not neccessarl­y mean they were against the young man, they might have just been cheering the action.
And the two who run down to attack the young man were obviously wannabe goons.
We don't know what started the argument, but it was certainly the couple who started the physical confrontat­ion.

And how can you talk about morals when you admit to wishing physical harm to a man you have never met, or has ever harmed you?

[sistahfriend]

07:01 PM on 09/07/2010

Thank you.