The decision of Amélie Mauresmo, the director of the tournament, to play this Tuesday in "night-session", the highly anticipated clash between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal did not only make people happy.
If on the Serbian side, we feel rather satisfied, the Majorcan clan would have preferred to play earlier in the day, as expressed by Carlos Moya, the coach of Rafael Nadal.
The choice of the match of the year by the American Amazon Prime Video, which holds the exclusive evening rights until 2023, prevailed over the position of France Télévisions.
The winner of the 1998 French Open clearly expressed his thoughts, while attenuating the substance.
“I would not speak of lack of respect, thus specified Moya, questioned by RMC.
Here at Roland-Garros, Rafa has credit, he has won the tournament thirteen times and, if he has a request, we should listen to him.
It is part of the history of Roland-Garros, we know that nobody is bigger than Roland-Garros, nobody is bigger than the Grand Slam tournaments, but in the end it is a question of business and we understand.
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At the end of his previous round, which was difficult to pass against the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, Rafael Nadal had already announced the color: “I never liked playing at night, especially on clay.
I understand that the tournament takes advantage of all the options available to it after the investments made.
My preference will always be the day.
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The outcome of the game between the world No. 1 and 6 promises to be particularly indecisive.
In the small game of predictions, "Djoko" will have, in addition to that of the hour, another slight advantage.
Since the start of the tournament, his opponents have never taken more than three games per set, except the Slovak Alex Molcan who pushed him into a tie-break.
The Spaniard, injured in one foot, had to fight for five rounds against Auger-Aliassime, but his 13 titles on Parisian clay speak for him.
Viewers, who will be able to follow the meeting for free, without restriction and without the need to register or create a Prime account, are enjoying it in advance.
