French Open: Amelie Mauresmo apologises for 'out of context' comments
French Open director Amelie Mauresmo apologised for saying women's matches were less appealing than men's and said she had been quoted "out of context".Her comment that men's matches had "more attraction and appeal""I want to say sorry to the players that really felt bad about what I said," Frenchwoman Mauresmo, 42, said.
"The people who know me, who've known me on and off the court, throughout my career, throughout everything that I've done, know I'm a big fighter for equal rights and women's tennis, women in general." The only night session to feature a women's match was last Thursday, when France's Alize Cornet beat Latvian 13th seed Jelena Ostapenko in three sets.Former Wimbledon and Australian Open champion Mauresmo, in her first year as tournament director at the clay-court Grand Slam, said it was "more difficult" to put women's matches on late with the evening session only including one match."I didn't decide to have this one match," she added.
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