The 2023 edition of the Roland Garrossecond Grand Slam of the season, will bear fruit tribute to Yannick Noahthe last Frenchman to win the tournament was 40 years ago, and He would advance his night session by half an hour after a long morning of the last edition.
A beautiful fresco of Noah It will be announced on Saturday, May 17, a day before the start of the fortnight, on the traditional charity day that will bear the name of the legendary tennis player who will soon turn 63, tournament director Amélie Mauresmo, revealed this. friday
Another great novelty of the edition is that the evening session starts at 8:30 pm local time, half an hour earlier than last year. Before that, there will be an interactive show for the audience who bought tickets for that session.
In this way, Mauresmo assured that they hope to respond in some way to the complaints of the public who left early in the morning on several occasions last year. For the third year in a row, Roland Garros will have night matches, the second with an audience, because in 2021 the stands will be empty due to the pandemic.
In the previous edition there were problems for viewers to return in the early hours in their homes in the early hours of the morning where several duels ended, leading to harsh criticism.
Mauresmo indicated that they have not been able to delay subway schedules, but they are in negotiations with taxi companies to favor the return of spectators. However, the former world number 1 did not commit to programming more women’s matches in the evening sessionafter receiving criticism last year because only one was placed.
Besides, a new evening session will be added for Week 28the first day of the final draw to be drawn last Thursday.
The tournament director also announced that they will reduce the number of tickets for the smaller courts, to deal with mobility problems within the venue and long queues.
He pointed out that they will strengthen the previous week, one of the classifications, where the public will also be allowed to access the training sessions of the big stars on the Philippe Chatrier court, the biggest of the tournament.
Source: La Verdad
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