'I don't agree with the decisions' - Chris Evert wants 'equal court coverage' for women at French Open

Eurosport's Chris Evert has said that she does not agree with the decisions made that have led to a gender imbalance for the French Open's night matches. When tournament director Amelie Mauresmo was originally asked why women had only featured in one of the 10 night-match slots, she replied: «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. Ad/> »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.

Roland-GarrosMauresmo apologises after scheduling row and says comments taken ‘out of context’8 HOURS AGO «The confrontation or the star that I could put there. You have all those parameters. So that was tough.

Honestly, I did really consider every day — not every day, that would be wrong — but most of the days, trying to see, and all the team, we were really focusing on this most of the time. »But yes, I admit it was tough. It was tough for more than one night to find, as you say, the match of the day.

When you have this it's an interesting one because the fact that it's right now a one-match night session is tough on this. It is tough." World No. 1 Iga Swiatek swiftly responded by saying that the reasoning and Mauresmo's comments were «disappointing and surprising».