by Our Sports Desk

Roger Federer slammed French Open security yesterday after he was intercepted on court by a spectator at the end of his first-round victory over Alejandro Falla.

A young boy ran on court and made persistent attempts to take a photograph with the Swiss as he tried to leave Philippe Chatrier, before security finally intervened.

Federer cruised to a 6-3 6-3 6-4 win over Colombian Falla but the 17-time grand slam champion was angry about the incident, saying it was not the first time it had happened at the tournament.

“I’m not happy about it, obviously not for one second am I happy about it,” Federer said.

“It happened yesterday in the practice, too. It’s just a kid but then three more kids came.

“And today 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 final in 2009 as well for me. So I definitely think this is something that something needs to happen quickly.

“Normally I only speak on behalf of myself but in this situation I think I can speak on behalf of all the players, that where you do your job, that’s where you want to feel safe.

“And so clearly I’m not happy about it. But nothing happened, so I’m relieved. But clearly it wasn’t a nice situation to be in.”

Federer said he received a personal apology after the match from Roland Garros tournament director Gilbert Ysern but insisted action needed to be taken to prevent similar incidents occurring again.

“First, it should never happen,” Federer said.

“I’m not just speaking about Roland Garros, but now that we are playing Roland Garros, there are so many players, so many fans, so much focus by the media on Roland Garros that people should react much more quickly.

“They apologised, and I must say that I appreciated this, but I’d like to see what’s going to happen next.”