The pre-tournament charity event has been renamed Yannick Noah Day. Noah's achievement will be saluted with a special ceremony during the fortnight as well as the unveiling in the stadium precinct of a fresco bearing Noah's image. None of the contenders for the men's singles title this year hail from France. He also remains the last Frenchman to have brandished a Grand slam trophy. Noah is the last Frenchman to have pulled off the feat. Hindsight will also feature during the tournament between 28 May and 11 June.įorty years ago, Yannick Noah overcame Mats Wilander in straight sets to lift the Coupe des Mousquetaires. Equal rights campaigners may well be watching the programming with an even beadier eye. "For me, everything is open." Forty-year salute "We want to wait every day to see what kind of matches we have and which match is going to be the match of the day," said Mauresmo on Friday. Last year, of the 10 late starts, there was only one played by women. The pre-match show will begin at 8pm.īut while yielding on the issue of start times, Mauresmo continued her recalcitrance over sharing the night matches equally between the men's and women's draws.
The night matches will start in anger at 8.30pm. They decide."įor the 2023 edition, tournament director Amélie Mauresmo has responded to the laments. Broadcasters say it's going to be night match, day match. A late start – with falling temperatures – climatically speaking at least, disadvantages Nadal.ĭjokovic also said a 9pm start asked for trouble. Nadal wanted to play in the daytime when the sun and dry conditions combine to give his topspin a vicious kick after the ball from his shot bounces on the court. "I understand the other part of the business, without a doubt, that television pays a lot of money, but we need to find a balance." Desire "It is too late, without a doubt," said Nadal after his win. Well, not if 30-odd euros has to be added to the cost of the ticket for the trip back home.Īnd it's an even more curious stance if those same bosses want to project the game into the areas where football and basketball might be the first recourse for sporty youths. But the shtick of late from the corridors of the French tennis federation – which organises Roland Garros – has been that tennis is a sport for all. It had the rights to the clash of the titans and milked them for all they were worth.
Last year, French Open chiefs came under fire when thousands of fans endured tricky journeys home after the quarter-final crunch between Nadal and Novak Djokovic ended at 1.15am.īroadcaster Prime Video didn't mind.
Envy and ambition permeates the four most prestigious tournaments of the international tennis circuit.Īnd why not? Wonderful things for the fans at the Australian Open in Melbourne should be just as much de rigueur at Wimbledon, New York and Paris.
Last year's winners – Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek – went off to their abodes with a cheque for 2.2 million euros.Ĭasper Ruud and Cori Gauff, who were beaten in the respective finals, nursed their wounds with an injection of 1.1 million euros.Īmple rewards then for toiling for two weeks on the hallowed clay courts in the leafy western fringes of the French capital.īut the competition isn't only between the gladiators in the arena.
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