Video: Frustrated player hits ball at security guard at French Open

Michael Llodra was losing the second set of his match at the French Open to a Belgian qualifier ranked No. 135 in the world. As a No. 22 seed playing in the first round, this was unexpected. As a Frenchman playing in front of a partisan crowd, it was unacceptable. So Llodra did what any bad sport does; he got frustrated at somebody else. Trailing 5-2 in the second set, Llodra took issue with a security guard he thought was moving around too much. Though she was behind him, Llodra turned around before a point and began admonishing the woman. The verbal exchange wasn't picked up by cameras but Llodra's reaction to the one-sided conversation was. He took a ball and lightly hit it at her, earning a warning from chair umpire Mohamed El Jennati. The fireworks didn't end there. After receiving the warning, Llodra demanded that El Jennati call security to remove the guard. "We are not in a souk," he said. "We are not selling carpets in a market." A souk is ...