French Open 2023 - ‘It’s ridiculous’ - Mats Wilander on lack of women’s night matches at Roland-Garros

Eurosport expert Mats Wilander has branded the decision not to stage any women’s matches in the night sessions of the French Open so far as “ridiculous”. Four days into the competition, all late matches on Court Philippe-Chatrier have been reserved for the men, a decision that has sparked debate with World No.1 Iga Swiatek, Wilander and Tim Henman weighing in with opinion. Ad It was an issue raised last year by Barbara Schett, who believed the WTA would speak to Roland-Garros organisers about what she felt was a disparity in the schedule, but alas, it remains a talking point in 2023.

Roland-GarrosEurosport's experts discuss rivalry between Swiatek, Sabalenka, Rybakina and Jabeur3 HOURS AGO Wilander said: “I think that it's ridiculous to not have ladies matches at night. I mean, it's such an easy problem to solve. You throw in a French pair in mixed doubles where they play shorter matches, they don't play three sets, they play a tie breaker at one set all.

“I mean, you’ve just got to give them another hour of entertainment in case Iga Swiatek plays. “The people here would love to support a French mixed team in doubles on centre court. I don't think that is the problem, I think there is another issue because the problem is very easily solved.” Coco Gauff navigates tricky Julia Grabher test Ons Jabeur advances to round three with straight sets win over Oceane Dodin 'Wow, that is a surprise' — Iga Swiatek's forehand compared to men's star Swiatek was asked about it in her press conference on Thursday after defeating Claire Liu.