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"It's really shocking and sad" - Naomi Osaka's coach Patrick Mouratoglou on relative lack of crowd at French Open (www.sportskeeda.com)

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"Have you seen the center court of Wimbledon like that ever? Ever once? No. Thank you. I've been on the Grand Slams for 20 years, every single year. And I can tell you it's not the same in the other Grand Slams. I don't have the full explanation. What I can say is that this is something we really need to solve, even for the players. You know, you're in a Grand Slam."

Finally, the world-renowned coach gave the only explanation he could think of for why important matches in Paris are played in front of largely empty stadiums:

"On the center court you have some of the best players in the world, and it's completely empty and there are tickets. The tickets are sold. One explanation that I heard, I don't know if it's true, is that French people are too attached to lunch. From 12 to maybe 4 o'clock. It's empty. And that's a really big problem."

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

French people being attached to food, who would've thought 🤣 If you had a restaurant overseeing the court, I bet it'd be packed at lunch time.