After retiring as a player, Mauresmo moved into coaching and worked with Andy Murray, Lucas Pouille and Marion Bartoli, among others, and was France's captain for the team competition now called the Billie Jean King Cup. Her last major tournament was the 2009 U.S. Mauresmo first topped the WTA rankings in 2004 and returned to that spot after winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2006. 'what match in the woman's draw can I put there?' honestly.' She added: 'My goal was, when I was doing the schedule every day, to try and see, from the first round, when the draw came out. 'That's the general (reason) for the men's matches.' 'In this era that we are in right now, I don't feel - and as a woman, former women's player, I don't feel bad or unfair saying that, right now - you have more. Open, for example, usually include one women's match and one men's match. The last of the 10 night sessions was Wednesday's men's quarterfinal between Casper Ruud and Holger Rune, and the only women's match that got the prime-time treatment - part of a deal with a streaming service - was France's Alize Cornet's victory over Jelena Ostapenko in the second round.Īsked about that decision-making process, Mauresmo said in French that having just one match in each night session made it 'more difficult to have' that be a women's match. This year's French Open began on May 22 and will end on Sunday. There's not a lot of super, super quick points,' Pegula said. 'To me, I feel like so many people love watching women's tennis because we don't have huge serves. She also offered a defence of her sport, which is currently missing the star power of 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, who has not competed since getting injured at Wimbledon nearly a year ago. Slam champion,' said Pegula, a New Yorker whose parents own the NFL's Buffalo Bills and NHL's Buffalo Sabres. 'Of course, it's always a little disappointing to hear that's her reasoning, being a female. The woman Swiatek beat on Wednesday, 11th-seeded Jessica Pegula, considered Mauresmo's stance 'not something you want to hear,' and noted that the best way to grow interest in any sport is 'to have chances' to show how good the product is. But on the other hand, it may also be something that is really appealing and it may really attract more people.' 'And some may say that it's unpredictable and girls are not consistent. 'It's kind of the personal opinion of every person if they like men's tennis or women's tennis more or if they like them equally, but I think women's tennis has a lot of advantages,' said Swiatek, the 2020 French Open champion, who has won 33 matches in a row. 1-ranked woman, Iga Swiatek, said after her quarterfinal victory in Paris on Wednesday that she found Mauresmo's comments 'a little bit disappointing and surprising.'

'I admit it was tough,' said Mauresmo, a 42-year-old from France. Speaking at the traditional second-week news conference to recap the clay-court Grand Slam tournament, Mauresmo said she tried on a daily basis to find a women's pairing that had the star power or a matchup worthy of being highlighted in the separate session that began at 8:45 p.m. 1 player who is in her first year as the French Open's first female tournament director, said Wednesday that nine of the 10 night sessions at Roland Garros involved men's matches because women's tennis currently has less 'appeal.'

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