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Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo has promised there will be no expansion of cameras in player areas at Roland Garros this year.<\/p>\n
Iga Swiatek said players were being watched “like animals in the zoo” at January’s Australian Open.<\/p>\n
Coco Gauff called for more privacy after being caught on camera smashing her racquet at Melbourne Park, and Pegula described the constant filming as an “invasion of privacy”.<\/p>\n
“The broadcasters want to know more about players – it’s true,” Mauresmo said at the news conference in Paris.<\/p>\n
“But we want to maintain the respect for their privacy. They need to have a private area, so we won’t change on that stance.”<\/p>\n
Some players will also be happy to know they will be allowed to wear approved fitness trackers for the first time at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n
Aryna Sabalenka, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz were all asked to remove devices before matches at the Australian Open, but a trial has now been agreed which will extend to Wimbledon and the US Open.<\/p>\n
Tracking technology can help monitor a person’s sleep, strain, stress and heart, and has been allowed on the WTA and ATP Tours for some time.<\/p>\n
One tradition which will remain at Roland Garros for at least another year is line judges.<\/p>\n
The other three Grand Slams have introduced electronic line calling (ELC) in recent years, and it has been mandatory on the ATP Tour since 2025.<\/p>\n
But Gilles Moretton, the president of the FFT, maintains the technology is far from perfect and that line judges play a vital role in the ecosystem of French tennis.<\/p>\n
“We look around, we see what is going on elsewhere, we see that it’s not perfect – there’s a 10% margin of error,” Moretton claimed.<\/p>\n
“We saw it in Madrid last year. There was a picture taken by a player [Alexander Zverev – of a mark on the clay].<\/p>\n
“But we have tournaments every weekend, every week. We need these people, they do a wonderful job.<\/p>\n
“On clay, we are lucky because we can have the footprints of the balls.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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