French Open 2015: Twitter Reacts to Sunday's Bracket Results, Scores, Winners
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:
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"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.
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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:
Elsewhere, Stanislas Wawrinka made it through to the next round with a comprehensive 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Marsel Ilhan. But like his compatriot, he was all unhappy in the post-match press conference.
As we can see courtesy of Mark Masters of TSN, Wawrinka was wound up about an article which was posted on the tournament's official website (NSFW language):
"Stan Wawrinka very upset about 's--t' article that ran on French Open website focusing on his private life."
Indeed, it was a day that saw plenty of male players frustrated. Mikhail Youzhny was the first man to be eliminated at the tournament, as he was forced to retire hurt against Damir Dzumhur.
After struggling in the early stages of the match, the Russian didn't exactly take things well, as we can see here courtesy of Ricky Dimon:
One man who plenty are tipping for a strong tournament is Kei Nishikori. The Japanese star is seeded fifth at Roland Garros and has been getting better and better on clay courts this year; he had little trouble securing his spot in Round 2, beating Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3, 7-5, 6-1.
Nishikori posted this snap on his Twitter feed in the aftermath of that confident performance:
On the women's side of the draw, 2014 runner-up Simona Halep was made to work hard to book her place in the next round. The Romanian made a lot of errors throughout her match against the unseeded Evgeniya Rodina, but she showed admirable fortitude to eventually win 7-5, 6-4.
As noted by the tournament's official Twitter account, Halep claimed she's in great shape mentally:
As far as opening days go, this was a pretty eventful one. In terms of on-court action, there were few major surprises, but there was plenty for the tennis cognoscenti to take in ahead of what will inevitably be an action-packed fortnight.
Reigning champion Maria Sharapova gets her campaign underway on Monday against Kaia Kanepi, and we'll also get a first glimpse of third seed Andy Murray, who has been in tremendous form on clay this season, when he faces Facundo Arguello in Round 1.
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