Mailbag: French Open Mired in Scheduling Woes, Crowd Noise and Empty Seats

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Mailbag: French Open Mired in Scheduling Woes, Crowd Noise and Empty Seats
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Jon Wertheim answers your questions from Roland Garros, including what to do about night sessions extending into the morning.

• Trying to run through as many questions that will not be obsolete by the time you read this. But let’s start with themes …

The dysfunction in tennis is reaching new heights with tennis matches in each of the majors, other than Wimbledon—which has an 11 p.m. curfew—playing on and ending at 1, 2 and even 4 a.m.

For all the dangers cited about AI, you’d think someone would come up with an AI-driven way to fill those empty seats for the tournaments’ and broadcasting’s sake. Okay, it’d be a lie, but ...• To me, this is a greater offense than scheduling. The grounds are jammed. The outer courts are full of passionate fans. Suzanne Lenglen is rocketing up the rankings, Mirra Andreeva style, among the best courts in tennis.

Thanks kid, Now run along and hide because I’m about to put this guy’s teeth into the back of his throat.Kevin Kane, Kingston, Ontario, Canada I remember the days when American men actually made the French Open finals and won titles. We have also had Serena Williams win the title and a few women like Sloane Stephens and Sofia Kenin make the final in Paris. Personally, I would rather have one or two American contenders than say three or four Americans making the third round and "holding their own".

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