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Roland-Garros: "I would prefer not to answer", Sloane Stephens annoyed by the scheduling of matches only men in night session

2023-06-01T16:24:03.887Z

Highlights: The Roland-Garros tournament will organize this Thursday evening a fourth night session. For the fourth time, a men's match has been scheduled (Alexander Zverev against Alex Molcan) At a time of parity, the choice may be surprising. Asked about this subject and the lack of fair treatment, American Sloane Stephens did not hide her annoyance. "I would prefer not to answer," first explained the finalist in a press conference. "We're not necessarily going to focus on what we have to do," she said.


Asked about the choice of the Roland-Garros tournament to schedule only matches in the men's draw in night session upsets the American player.


The Roland-Garros tournament will organize this Thursday evening a fourth night session and for the fourth time, a men's match has been scheduled (Alexander Zverev against Alex Molcan). At a time of parity, the choice may be surprising. Asked about this subject and the lack of fair treatment, American Sloane Stephens did not hide her annoyance. "I would prefer not to answer," first explained the finalist of Roland-Garros 2018 revived by a journalist in a press conference.

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We've had a lot of conversations about this, about inequality. Your question speaks for itself, when you talk about night matches only with men. Finally, there is not much else to say, "detailed the 30th player in the world who does not prefer to fuel the controversy for the moment. "We're not necessarily going to preach for our parish, we're going to focus on what we have to do, on the next game and then, after that, once the tournament is over, we'll do a debriefing or maybe give information before a tournament.

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Ten night sessions are scheduled during the fortnight. We already know that Friday's night session will feature Carlos Alcaraz and Denis Shalopalov.

Source: lefigaro

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