French Open 2015: Twitter Reacts to Sunday’s Bracket Results, Scores, Winners

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Published: May 24, 2015

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Roger Federer was the star attraction on Day 1 of the French Open, and his start to the Roland Garros showpiece triggered plenty of divisive chatter on social media.

The Swiss, who has only one this tournament once in his incomparably illustrious career, eased into Round 2 with an easy 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Alejandro Falla. But much of the talk after the match was what happened afterward, when a young supporter ran onto the court to get a photo with the 33-year-old.

Needless to say, Federer was not impressed, per Piers Newberry of BBC Sport:

I'm not happy about it. It happened in the practice, too. It was just a kid, but then three more kids came.

And on centre court, where you would think this is a place where nobody can come on, he just wanders on and nothing happens. It happened during the finals in 2009 as well for me, so I definitely think that something needs to happen quickly. Basically yesterday already.



Naturally, views were contrasting among the Twitter stratosphere. Tour de France champion Chris Froome was one of the first to react, and his message was simple to the 17-time Grand Slam winner:



Clearly in a boisterous mood after the incident, Federer expressed his disappointment at another issue: the Wimbledon dress code. As we can see here courtesy of BBC Sport's Russell Fuller, the Swiss is not happy about stringent regulations that have been put in place:



While there was plenty of anger exuded from the normally unflappable Federer in the aftermath of this encounter, he will have been pleased with his performance on court. Granted, Falla didn't provide much resistance, but there were some encouraging signs for the Swiss on Day 1.

As noted here by SI Tennis, it was a landmark appearance for the veteran too:



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