The Tunisian is upset by reports that spectators have returned their tickets precisely because it is a women's match that is the main event – instead of men as earlier in the tournament.

"People think it's supposed to be bad matches, but that's not the case. There are a lot of spectacular matches being played," said world number seven Ons Jabeur, who believes some of the spectators don't know about women's tennis, according to Reuters.

"How can you judge women's matches without even watching them? I hope that the way we look at women's tennis will change," says Jabeur, who questions why the French Open at Roland Garros doesn't have two matches in the evening like the other Grand Slam tournaments.

"Maybe you need to start the evening session earlier"

"I've played late games in both Australia and the US Open and maybe you need to start the evening session earlier to get two matches," Jabeur said, weighing in on the fact that the best-of-five set men's matches are difficult to time. This can take anywhere from 1.5 to 5.5 hours.

Sabalenka against Stephens is scheduled to start at 20.15 p.m. this evening at the earliest.

Jabeur beat Olga Danilovic 4-6,6-4,6-2 in the third round on Saturday after some problems that had nothing to do with the match itself.

"Being a woman is tough and it's all about which days of the month you have it on. Unfortunately, I have a couple of days when it's really tough but I'm getting to know my body better," says Jabeur.

Today's schedule in Paris.

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Ons Jabeur, who misses the WTA tournament in Madrid due to injury, is consoled by Iga Swiatek. Photo: TT