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If the French Open organizers are already under the scanner for multiple management failures, they might have dug themselves into a deeper hole with a new development. The Roland Garros’ Court 5 has been converted into multiple pickleball courts in a bid to promote the sport in France as the Olympics 2024 is coming up in 6 weeks’ time too. Already upset over the scheduling and other mistakes at the Grand Slam, tennis fans have no mercy towards the organisers.

A tweet by a fan shows a picture of Court 5 at the Roland Garros, which used to be lusciously red with clay all over it. Now, all the clay from that surface seems to have been scooped up, and all that remains is a bare, barren-looking surface. Upon the slate-colored floor, there are 3 green tops equidistant to each other.



Each of those green squares or rectangles represents a pickleball court. While there was no explanation provided as to why this was done, fans still find this transformation ‘disgraceful’. A journalist named Tumaini Carayol tweeted the following – In no time, tennis fans flocked to the comments section to lambast the French Open for such an unnecessary change.

None of them were happy with what they did to Court 5. Pickleball could get its due at the Olympics 2024 in terms of marketing and France is one of the markets which is being targeted due to the popularity of tennis. But France could take longer to welcome it with open arms as compared to countries like the United States due to prioritiz.

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