{"id":5500,"date":"2025-05-30T03:12:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T03:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/coco-gauff-agrees-that-french-open-womens-matches-are-worthy-of-a-night-place\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T03:12:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T03:12:20","slug":"coco-gauff-agrees-that-french-open-womens-matches-are-worthy-of-a-night-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/coco-gauff-agrees-that-french-open-womens-matches-are-worthy-of-a-night-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff agrees that French open women&#8217;s matches are worthy of a night place"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>PARIS &#8212; Coco Gauff on Thursday said &#8220;women&#8217;s matches deserve a night&#8217;s place&#8221; as there is room for &#8220;improvement&#8221; France&#8217;s opening schedule and Roland Garos organizers continue playing men&#8217;s matches.<\/p>\n<p>Ons Jabeur was extremely critical of the Roland Garros organizers on Wednesday, as he likes to place a male singles match in slots in the evening. Since the introduction of night sessions in 2022, only two of the 34 games have featured female singles.<\/p>\n<p>So far, this year&#8217;s Grand Slam event has featured men&#8217;s singles matches every day in night slots. In comparison, the first match at Court Court Philippe-Chatrier usually takes place in front of a sparse crowd, with all four openers this year being female singles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s still sad that we&#8217;re still watching this,&#8221; Yabul said Wednesday. &#8220;I stand in my words.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gauff agreed with Jabeur, adding that it is unfair to place a women&#8217;s match in second place if the organizers play two matches in the evening (usually locally at 8:15pm).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think women should play after the men at 8:15,&#8221; Gouf said after winning his second victory over Teleza Valentois on Thursday. &#8220;I think that&#8217;s unfair.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they play one match at 8:15, there&#8217;s certainly a chance to put women there. If you put two slots, if the first match starts at 8:15, I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s a need to play women&#8217;s matches after the men&#8217;s matches.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0529%2Fr1500009_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0529%2Fr1500009_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0529%2Fr1500009_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0529%2Fr1500009_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Jabour&#8217;s criticism comes after President Jill Moreton of the French tennis federation said &#8220;we need to play a better match (at night) for the audience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gouf said women&#8217;s matches could meet that requirement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It feels like we&#8217;re producing some high quality tennis. And we have some great stars on the side of the women. &#8220;From my experience, I play in the evening game at 7pm at the US Open and Novak (Djokovic) follows me. He&#8217;s the best player of all time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like Australia, it&#8217;s the same as anywhere else I play. Night matches, people were excited (me) too. I think there&#8217;s an opportunity to improve that in the future with this tournament.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS &#8212; Coco Gauff on Thursday said &#8220;women&#8217;s matches deserve a night&#8217;s place&#8221; as there is room for &#8220;improvement&#8221; France&#8217;s opening schedule and Roland Garos organizers continue playing men&#8217;s matches. 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