Former World No. 4 James Blake was tackled, thrown to the ground and handcuffed by five plainclothes cops outside of his New York City hotel on Wednesday afternoon, according to the New York Daily News.

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The incident occurred around noon at the Grand Hyatt on 42nd St.

"It was definitely scary and definitely crazy," Blake said, According to the article by Wayne Coffey.

Asked if he felt this was a case of racial profiling, Blake said: "I don't know if it's as simple as that. To me it's as simple as unnecessary police force, no matter what my race is. In my mind there's probably a race factor involved, but no matter what there's no reason for anybody to do that to anybody.”

“I was just standing there,” Blake told the Daily News. “I wasn't running… It's blatantly unnecessary. You would think at some point they would get the memo that this isn't okay, but it seems that there's no stopping it."

Blake suffered a cut to his left elbow and bruises to his left leg, but still made it to the site of the US Open to fulfill obligations. The American recently announced that he’ll be running the New York marathon to raise money for cancer research.