French Open: 'More appeal for men's matches'- Amelie Mauresmo on night match scheduling

French Open tournament director Amelie Mauresmo says there has only been one women's night match at the event so far because men's matches have more appeal. Mauresmo was appointed into the prestigious role at Roland-Garros last year, and is overseeing her first edition this year. Ad/> But there have been some questions around the night session, which features just one match and has seen some very late finishes.

Roland-GarrosFrench Open: Who has the best draw? Who are the dark horses?20/05/2022 AT 08:17 Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic's quarter-final didn't finish until gone 1am local time on Wednesday morning, leaving fans scrambling for transport home, and more generally the move has prompted responses among players in terms of the weather and recovery differences when compared to day matches. Now Mauresmo has been asked why women had only featured in one of the 10 night-match slots. She said: “In this era that we are in, I don't feel bad or unfair — as a woman and former women's player — saying that right now you have more appeal [in] general, for the men's matches.

«My goal when I was doing the schedule every day was to try and see, from the first round when the draw came out, which women's match I could put there, honestly. »The confrontation or the star that I could put there. You have all those parameters.

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