What if Roland Garros was held without an audience? The president of the French Tennis Federation clearly mentions this probability in the columns of the JDD on Sunday. Bernard Giudicelli explains certainly not to rule out "no option", but he adds that organizing the Parisian Grand Slam without audience "would make it possible to turn part of the economic model", namely TV rights and partnerships, despite the epidemic of coronavirus.
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"I find this really absurd"
Initially, the tournament was to be held like every year between the end of May and the beginning of June, but the tickets will be canceled and reimbursed, the edition being officially postponed until the end of September ... behind closed doors, then? "I find it really absurd, I would be really very disappointed," reacts to the microphone of Europe 1 Vincent, an unconditional supporter who has attended the tournament every year for 36 years.
"If it is to do it behind closed doors, it is better to cancel it", goes so far as to estimate the tennis fan. To be fixed, he will have to wait: the terms of the tournament, including its dates, are still under discussion. Even if several great players, like Rafael Nadal, doubt that the tennis tournaments can resume this year