The Roland-Garros tournament begins on Sunday at Porte d'Auteuil.

In terms of broadcasting, the year is marked by a number of new features: broadcasting on France Télévisons which starts earlier, new consultants, but also, and above all, the arrival of Amazon Prime, which will broadcast ten matches scheduled in the evening.

Very popular with the French, the Roland-Garros tournament begins on Monday at Porte d'Auteuil.

The first bullets will be struck from 11 am, on the public service.

This is one of the many new features this year.

The broadcast of the competition begins 4 hours earlier than in the last edition.

Another novelty: the arrival of Julien Benneteau in the team of consultants.

The former player, winner in doubles, at Roland Garros, joins Mary Pierce, Justine Hénin, Sébastien Grosjean and Michaël Llodra.

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"We generally try to have athletes who have obviously marked their sport, who arrive with credibility. And then we talk a lot with them, we listen to them a lot, we try to feel in them their willingness to share. Our role. , on television, is to share with the French a sporting event ", explains Laurent-Eric Le Lay, Sports Director of France Télévisions, interviewed by Europe 1." Julien Benneteau, who joins us, is a very great professional, and he has the ability to talk about sport and of course tennis, with very good analyzes, a lot of seriousness, a lot of perspective, so I'm delighted that Julien is joining us this year.

"France Télévisions will continue to host very large sporting events"

We will therefore see Julien Benneteau in particular with the host Laurent Luyat, in the studio, installed on the terrace of the central court, the Philippe-Chatrier court. Commentaries on the matches: Fabien Lévêque, Matthieu Lartot, Benoît Durand and Inès Lagdiri. At the edge of the courts, Cécile Grès and Nelson Monfort. So much for the team that you will meet every day, except for the matches which will be played on the Simonne-Mathieu court and especially for those which will take place in the evening on the Philippe-Chatrier court.

There, it is the American giant Amazon which will distribute them exclusively.

"On most of the sporting events that we broadcast, there are paying partners. Today, there is a new one arriving", relativizes Laurent-Eric Le Lay.

"Beyond the fact that it is Amazon, and therefore what is called a Gafa, for a sporting event, to be broadcast on major free-to-air channels, such as France 2 and France 3, will remain a unique proposition. C This is why in one way or another, France Télévisions will continue, I am convinced, in the future, to host very large sporting events. "

Roland-Garros, it starts Sunday on France Télévisions, and also on Europe 1, official radio of the tournament.