Roger Federer joins Twitter bandwagon

World number three Roger Federer has officially joined millions of Twitter users everywhere today by coming up with his own official account on this social networking site.

With the verified account @rogerfederer, the Swiss star has garnered thousands of followers in less than an hour. After five hours, he has garnered nearly 120,000 followers.

Federer’s first tweet? “A little (blue) bird told me that the place to be is twitter, so here I am!” accompanied by one of his most current photos.

Roger Federer has a record number of fans on his official Facebook account with more than 12 million. It would be interesting to find out if he can get as much in Twitter.