Tennis player Jaber: The ladies also deserve to fill the court in the evening
PARIS (AP/RTR) — Tunisian tennis star Anas Jabeur doesn’t understand that women’s games are still viewed in a negative light. She was told that fans had resold their tickets for the evening session at Roland Garros because a women’s match had been scheduled. Second seeded Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and American Sloane Stephens will compete on Sunday night. According to Jaber, the two deserved a full stadium.
“It is really time to change this vision,” said Jaber, who reached the fourth round at the expense of Serbian Olga Danilovic. “I notice that people don’t watch a lot of women’s matches, because they think in advance that it will be a worthless match. But that’s not the case. These are also beautiful and special matches,” Jaber says. “The women train hard and play great matches. You can’t judge without looking at it, right?” According to Jaber, women deserve more respect. “We make a lot of sacrifices that guys don’t have to make on tour.”
Jabeur also laments that Roland Garros has waited so long to allow women to play in the evening session. “The time has come for this to happen. It would also be better if the men’s and women’s match were always played in the evening. Maybe that would be difficult because sometimes men play five sets. But this has happened in other major tournaments.”
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