French Open under fire again over no women’s matches in night sessions

The French Open is unique among the grand slams in having only one match in its late slot and, in the first five days, that will be a men’s contest every time.

UNDER FIRE: Novak Djokovic and Marton Fucsovics play in the night session on Wednesday (Thibault Camus/AP)

Attention is ramping up again on the French Open’s scheduling, with the night session so far exclusively featuring men’s matches.

Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo had to apologise last year after saying men’s matches had more appeal as a justification for only one women’s match featuring in the 10 prime-time sessions across the fortnight.