Sydney: Britain’s Andy Murray’s Twitter account went into a ‘meltdown’, when he decided to put aside 30 mins for a question-and-answer session with his 2.9 million Twitter followers.
Murray tweeted that it’s been a while since he did a little ‘Q and A’ so they should go for it, adding that he has got a good 30 minutes.
Everything was going smoothly with fans asking him about what he eats strawberries with or who was his favourite Premier League player?
But, then Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer chimed in with his tweet. He questioned the Scot that how did he get his hair to be so curly, adding ‘#HelpABrotherOut’ to his tweet.
Murray responded with a picture of his locks in full flight, stating that the 17-time Grand Slam champion should let him know if he wants to go down that route, before claiming that Federer has hair he should be proud of.
Murray also tweeted he doesn’t take as good care of his hair as the Swiss does, claiming he saw Federer checking his hair out during the photoshoot, before adding ‘#silkysmooth’ to the tweet.
The pair agreed that it was all about the hair, as did Milos Raonic, the Canadian known for his big serve.
The conversation between the tennis stars was abruptly ended by a tweet from follically-challenged former Croatian star Ivan Ljubicic, who once reached the world number three ranking, when he chimed in with his ‘no, it’s not’ post.
Murray tweeted Twitter has gone into meltdown since the hair conversation, adding that he is going to get ready for practice, before quoting the slogan of French cosmetics and beauty company, L’Oreal, which is an expert in making hair products. He added L’Oreal’s ‘Because you’re worth it’ quote to his tweet.
Earlier this month, Federer suffered some embarrassment of his own when a small boy played a point against the 33-year-old – outmaneuvering the Swiss legend with a perfect lob at an exhibition match in New York.
Both Federer and Murray are competing in the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells this week. Four-time winner Federer is aiming for his 50th match win at the Californian tournament while Murray is looking to improve on his runner-up finish in 2009.
(With inputs from agencies)