Overview
- Organisers announced on Sunday that Naomi Osaka will meet Aryna Sabalenka in the Court Philippe-Chatrier night session, a match scheduled for Monday that ends a three-year run without a women’s single-match night at Roland Garros.
- Tournament officials cited a reduced pool of high-profile men after recent exits and withdrawals as a practical reason for choosing the Osaka–Sabalenka match for the one-match evening slot.
- The WTA’s new chief executive, Valerie Camillo, met tournament director Amélie Mauresmo this week to press for more women’s night exposure, a conversation the WTA described as open and productive and which figures in coverage of the scheduling change.
- Mauresmo has repeatedly defended the single-match night format by warning that best-of-three women’s matches can finish quickly and may not represent value for single-ticket buyers, and she has ruled out extending the session to two matches.
- The assignment is seen by players and media as a notable break with past practice but not definitive policy change, and reporting shows inconsistent counts of how many women’s single-match night sessions have occurred since 2021, leaving the long-term impact uncertain.