Autumn has slowly set in, the courts are preparing to hibernate but Roland-Garros is only sleeping with one eye open.
And sees, around a net higher perched, agitated volleyball players, in rehearsal before a stage of the Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 (from this Thursday to Sunday).
The temple of clay which wants to "move the lines with style" has, in recent years, seen a succession of Lacoste fashion shows, spring-summer 2020 collection (after that of Etam in August 2019), the Music Festival in June 2021, a boxing gala around Tony Yoka, a gala dinner on the Center Court, a charity auction last July (300,000 euros collected for the benefit of Terre d'impact, the FFT's endowment fund, and the association Fête le mur), and a stage of the world padel circuit (25,000 spectators over six days).
To discover
Roland Garros men's singles
Roland Garros single ladies
A strategy made possible by the expansion and modernization of the site, with the roof made up of retractable wings placed on the Philippe-Chatrier court in 2019 (the one…
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