Roger Federer joins Twitter, first tweet is a selfie

Seventeen time Grand Slam winner, Roger Federer, officially joined the Twittersphere Thursday afternoon. After a single tweet, Federer has a verified check mark and gained over 40,000 followers. How long until Rog catches Rafa Nadal’s 4.2 million followers?

A little (blue) bird told me that the place to be is @twitter, so here I am! pic.twitter.com/8AQzBsC6ia

— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) May 23, 2013