At Roland-Garros,

We will not have made the trip for nothing! On the occasion of the press conference presenting the Roland-Garros tournament, this Friday, Porte d'Auteuil, the director Amélie Mauresmo was smiling when announcing the many novelties of the 2023 edition. We will pass on the little technical blunder that delayed by a few minutes the speech of the former player to come directly to the point. Celebration of the 40th anniversary of Yannick Noah's victory at Roland, opening to the public of the players' training sessions during the week of qualifying, advanced night session and setting up a structure to fight against cyberbullying of athletes, this is roughly the program detailed by Mauresmo.



  • Red carpet for Yannick Noah

On June 5, 1983, Yannick Noah won Roland-Garros. Forty years later, no Frenchman has succeeded him on the list, but the tournament intends to mark the occasion. The charity day organized on Saturday, on the eve of the first day of the tournament, is renamed "Yannick Noah Day" and a mural in his image will be unveiled the next day in the stadium. Other surprises will be on the program but Mauresmo has been careful not to reveal them. Asked by a colleague about the possible organization of a concert of the former captain of the Davis Cup France team, the tournament director did not deny. "Anything is possible, there will be something nice!" she announced.

  • Advanced 30-minute night sessions

At the request of the players, but also of the public, the organizers looked into the question of the schedules of the night sessions. "We're going to gain half an hour," Mauresmo announced, with the start of matches at 20:30 instead of 21:<>. On the other hand, this small development will not mean the end of the galleys for the public since, as announced by Amélie Mauresmo, negotiations with the RATP have not led to an agreement on a possible extension of the time slots of public transport. "We tried but no, it's cooked... But it will be the same for the Olympics next year," she said.

  • A programming that still raises questions

As for the evening scheduling between the women's and men's matches, which had raised some questions of fairness last year, with only one women's match proposed out of the ten night sessions, nothing has been changed for the 2023 edition. Mauresmo said it "would be a mistake" to introduce a quota of women's matches for these evenings, adding in a pirouette that she would not forbid herself but that "it is the tables that will guide" the programming. Contractually speaking, the French Tennis Federation (FFT), organizer of the tournament, must program in night session the poster of the day for the exclusive broadcaster of these meetings, Prime Video. We are therefore still likely to see boys much more than girls once the sun goes down.

  • Trainings open to the public

New this year, spectators will have the opportunity to attend the players' training during the week of qualifying, from 13 p.m. to 19 p.m., on the Philippe-Chatrier court.

  • Roland-Garros pioneer in the fight against cyberbullying

Finally, the last novelty, the fight against cyberbullying of players. Regularly victims of the hatred and insults of the brave anonymous who rage on social networks, athletes will be able (for the first time in history on a Grand Slam tournament) to act to fight against it. A company will thus be commissioned throughout the fortnight to carry out a computer watch and delete the offensive content that has been targeted. "It's great for the mental well-being of the players," Mauresmo said. It cleanses the mind. Everyone will be able to show up freer on the court. I can't wait to see how the players feel on this serve. »

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