Amelie Mauresmo has responded after splitting opinion when claiming women’s tennis has less appeal than that of the men's game. Only one women’s match has been scheduled for the night session during the French Open which has drawn ire from those in the tennis world and the director of the Grand Slam then expressed her feelings on the matter.
"It was tough. In this era that we are in right now - and as a woman, a former woman's player, I don't feel bad or unfair saying that - you have more attraction, appeal (in) general, for the men's matches,'' the 2006 Wimbledon champion said. "My goal was, when I was doing the schedule every day, to try and see, from the first round, when the draw came out... what match in the woman's draw can I put there? Honestly."
Following the backlash, the Frenchwoman claimed her statement was taken out of context and has now issued an apology via Tennis Channel . "First of all the comments that I made were taken out of the wider picture, out of the context,” she began. "And I want to say sorry to the players that really felt bad about what I said.
