the director of Roland GarrosAmélie Mauresmo, admitted on Sunday that programming “not perfect”after World No.3 Jessica Pegula claimed that the women’s tennis this “undervalued”.
In this edition, only one of the 10 night sessions on the Philippe Chatrier court offered a women’s singles match, the same as in 2022.
“I’m not saying that every game is going to be amazing, but if we don’t have the opportunity, how are we going to show it?”wrote the American Pegula in a BBC column.
We know that people like the women’s tennisand the fans like to see it, but it seems that our product is undervalued here and in Europe in general”he added.
Mauresmo indicated that some players from “High profile” do not want to play the night sessions of the Parisian tournament, although he admitted that “that doesn’t make it perfect yet” and that the organizers “they can do better”.
The director pointed out that Roland Garros does not want to imitate the Australian Open or the United States, in which two individual matches are played in each night session, but which can often end at dawn.
She also stated that the presence of more women’s matches at the other main court of the tournament, the Suzanne-Lenglen, is contributing to gender parity.
“I feel comfortable with our two main tracks. The two main tracks are the same”declared the former number one in the world.
Source: AFP
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