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Empty seats an issue for director
Derby Telegraph
|June 09, 2025
TENNIS French Open tournament director Amelie Mauresmo will address the problem of empty seats for early matches ahead of next year's Roland Garros.
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Women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka and Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng played out one of the biggest match-ups of the tournament in the quarter-finals.
But with the match beginning at 11am, the vast Court PhilippeChatrier was almost deserted, with many of the French spectators having lunch instead. Mauresmo said: "We are aware of this, and we will definitely work on the solutions that we can find for the future.
This story is from the June 09, 2025 edition of Derby Telegraph.
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