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Amélie Mauresmo: how the boss of Roland-Garros broke the glass ceilings

2022-05-26T18:54:06.515Z


PODCAST. At 42, the former world tennis number one is the first woman to lead the Roland Garros tournament. A pioneer who marked


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Summary.

On June 5, 1983, Amélie Mauresmo was almost 4 years old when she witnessed Yannick Noah's victory in the final of the Roland Garros tournament, in front of her TV.

The next day, racquet in hand, she hits her first balls.

The love of the game will never leave her.

After having dominated women's tennis in 2004 by becoming the first French world number one then by winning Roland-Garros and Wimbledon back to back in 2006, Amélie Mauresmo finally retired in December 2009. tennis and even became in 2014 the first woman to train a man, the Scot Andy Murray.

For Code source, Éric Bruna, journalist with the Parisian sports department, looks back on the life of Amélie Mauresmo, a pioneer of French sport who is now director of Roland-Garros.

Credits.

Editorial management: Pierre Chausse - Editor-in-chief: Jules Lavie - Reporter: Ambre Rosala - Design and preparation: Clara Garnier-Amouroux - Production: Raphaël Pueyo and Thibault Lambert - Production and mixing: Pierre Chaffanjon - Music: François Clos, Audio Network, Epidemic Sound - Graphic identity: Upian - Archives: INA, Europe 1.

About Source Code.

Code source is the daily news podcast from Le Parisien.

Stories told by editorial journalists or by those who have experienced them directly.

An appointment carried by the presenter Jules Lavie and the reporter Ambre Rosala, to be found from Monday to Friday from 6 p.m. on LeParisien.fr or on the main listening platforms.

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