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New roof at French Open enables a fairer approach

There will be several innovations at this year’s French Open.

Finally, the fourth Grand Slam tournament has a sliding roof that will officially open on May 23.

And there will also be a small game plan revolution that ensures more fairness: Because in the future, all quarter-finals games for women and men will be scheduled on the Court Philippe-Chatrier.

Rain has always caused shifts in Paris. Last year, the later champion Rafael Nadal had a considerable advantage over Austria’s finalist Dominic Thiem.

Initially the quarter-finals of the Lichtenwörther had been postponed from Wednesday to Thursday, then Thiem’s ​​semi-finals had to go into a huge “extension” on Saturday at 6: 2.3: 6.3: 1 on Friday.

All quarter-finals at Center Court

Thiem had to fight for 2:45 hours on the day before the final, which is normally game-free for the men’s finalists, before he defeated Novak Djokovic 6: 2.3: 6.7: 5.5: 7.7: 5. Nadal had already won his three-set win over Roger Federer on Friday afternoon before the weather deteriorated. The now twelve times Roland Garros champion had a much longer break.

Thanks to the new schedule, all eight quarter-finals will be held individually for women and men in two sessions on the 15,000-seat, now roofable center court. If, as before, half of the games were held on Suzanne Lenglen’s court, there could be delays again.

In addition, 5,000 more fans can see all the quarterfinals in the stadium. Incidentally, the sessions begin at 12:00 p.m. or not before 5:00 p.m. A women’s and a men’s match are held. For the men’s semifinals, too, there is now a guarantee that both matches will be completed in one day. The first semi-final will start on Friday at 3:00 p.m., the second not before 5:30 p.m.


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