Coco Gauff agrees French Open women’s matches deserve night spot

PARIS — Coco Gauff on Thursday said there is room to “improve” the French Open schedule and that “women’s matches are worthy of a night spot” as organizers at Roland Garros continue to put men’s matchups there.

Ons Jabeur was heavily critical of Roland Garros organizers on Wednesday for their preference in placing men’s singles matches in the evening slot. Since the night session was introduced in 2022, just two of 34 matches have featured women’s singles.

So far, a men’s singles match has been featured in the night slot every day during this year’s Grand Slam event. By comparison, the first match on Court Philippe-Chatrier is usually played in front of sparse crowds, and all four openers this year have been women’s singles.

“It’s still sad that we are still seeing this,” Jabeur said Wednesday. “I keep standing by my words.”

Gauff agreed with Jabeur, adding that if organizers were to play two matches at night — with play typically beginning at 8:15 p.m. locally — then it’d be unfair to put the women’s match second.

“I don’t think that a woman…