However, few people took issue with Mauresmo’s central argument. It’s a matter of respect balanced programming is key to growing the sport and there are plenty of great women’s matches, like the Alizé Cornet-Jelena Ostapenko clash that did merit the night session.Īll true, as far as it goes. Everyone from Iga Swiatek to Billie Jean King chimed in. The responses to Mauresmo’s comments, of course, were immediate and emotional. It might work, but broadcasters rarely salivate at the prospect of early-round doubles in prime-time. Mauresmo said that the tournament might address the timing issue by adding a doubles match to the session next year. While plenty of best-of-five men’s matches are boring, too, at least they last a couple of hours. A one-match session could easily turn out to be a dud, especially if a best-of-three contest ended quickly. She said, “In this era we are in right now–and as a woman, a former woman’s player, I don’t feel bad or unfair saying this–you have more attraction and appeal, in general, for the men’s matches.” Most days, the women’s field didn’t offer a “confrontation or star” that would fit the schedule. The event staged one-match night sessions for the first time in its history, and almost every evening of the fortnight, Mauresmo gave that spotlight to men, not women. Plays: Right-handed (one-handed backhand)Īs the new tournament director at the French Open this year, Amélie Mauresmo found herself the inadvertent center of attention. In 2022, I’m counting down the 128 best players of the last century.
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