‘We want equal rights’ - Mats Wilander and Tim Henman discuss lack of women’s night matches at French Open

Mats Wilander and Tim Henman believe changes are required to the scheduling at Roland-Garros due to the lack of women’s matches during night sessions. The scheduling at the French Open has prompted questions directed towards the tournament organisers, and Eurosport tennis expert Barbara Schett believes the WTA will address this issue directly.

Ad/> Only one of 10 night sessions featured a women's match. Furthermore, 18 of the 20 matches scheduled first on Chatrier or Lenglen have been women's matches.

/> Roland-Garros'That was a bit chilly!' — Henman and Corretja talk about handshake controversy38 MINUTES AGO Henman and Wilander agree that tweaks should be made, but highlighted the delicate balancing act which exists in the timing of the schedule and addressed the claims made by tournament director Amelie Mauresmo that the men’s matches are more appealing to the masses. «It’s two out of three sets, when are you going to have a one-hour night session? So, it’s not because it’s women and men, it’s because it’s two out of three and three out of five,” Wilander said on Eurosport.

“I think that they could start a little earlier, play a women’s match, for sure and then have a doubles afterwards so that the programme is a minimum of three hours, then it’s ok – but at this moment, putting a women’s match on at 9pm that could end in an hour, I think that’s too risky. “Of course, we want equal rights, I understand where Amelie Mauresmo is coming from with the most popular, most looked-upon matches, most of the time that might be men – but for me that’s not true with Iga Swiatek back in Poland.

It’s more about the length of matches, to be honest, at this particular place – so they have to change that in my eyes. 'Really important