Tennis-Jabeur slams French Open for not scheduling women's matches in night sessions


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 28 May 2025

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 10, 2025 Tunisia's Ons Jabeur in action during her round of 32 match against Italy's Jasmine Paolini REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) -Tunisian player Ons Jabeur slammed French Open organisers and broadcaster Amazon on Tuesday for sidelining women’s matches from the coveted night sessions, with none featured at the claycourt Grand Slam in almost two years.

The last women's singles match to be played under the lights of Court Philippe Chatrier was a fourth-round encounter between Aryna Sabalenka and Sloane Stephens on June 4, 2023.

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