Tennis-Please take your seats - French Open empty stands disappoint again

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 10, 2023 General view during the final between Poland's Iga Swiatek and Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

PARIS (Reuters) - While the French Open delivered a vintage women's final in state-of-the-art facilities, it was the embarrassing sight of empty seats - particularly in the corporate boxes - that will linger in the mind after this year's edition.

Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo said on Sunday that "we have beaten the record with 630,000 people in total for the visitors, compared to 613,000 last year, with greater comfort."