The Future of Roland Garros

[Deleted member 77403]

Very nice video showing what the end goal will be. Looks really good.

I was waiting to see the Rafa Nadal statue, couldn't see it.

 

[MugOpponent]

Night matches at Roland Garros will be awesome.

 

[Tennis_Hands]

Court Simonne Mathieu looks very charming.

Can't wait to see it (during RG next year or earlier this year with no tennis there).

 

[MichaelNadal]

RG is epic

 

[Meles]

Very nice video showing what the end goal will be. Looks really good.

I was waiting to see the Rafa Nadal statue, couldn't see it.

Luv the design with the roof on the North side. Not so sure they can redo Chatrier in under a year, but no one will fault them if it goes over just as long as the stadium is still usable without the roof quite done.

 

[Enceladus]

Night matches at Roland Garros will be awesome.

If will no curfew is introduced, similar to that, which is valid in area, in which Wimbledon is located.

 

[Enceladus]

RG is epic

All 4 GS tournaments are epic

 

[songoftheindri]

I'm going for a few days in the first week, but I'm not planning on tickets for Chatrier this year, so I'll have to wait to see what it's like. I am hoping to get tickets for the new court Simonne-Mathieu for one day though. It looks a bit isolated from the rest – I'm hoping not to need to "dash" between that and Court 18 at any point! It's great they've extended the grounds though. I'm looking forward to seeing what they've done with some of the outside courts – last year they'd vastly improved the space to watch courts 7 & 9, and it looks like they've done similar for some of the others. I miss the old Court 2 with its quirky charm, and I'm not sure yet if its partner Court 3 is still there – it was last year.

The new (last year) Court 18 has great viewing and is easy to get onto, as you can enter and exit from anywhere around the perimeter. My one gripe is that in building it they obliterated one of only three drinking water points they had on the whole site (and the only one on the far side of Lenglen). Down to two last year (and the weather was hot, so the queues were always long). It's hard to believe in the "sustainability" message they try to promote, when they provide so little free drinking water – clearly to make sure of huge sales of plastic bottled water from their sponsors. The other three slams have plenty of drinking water points.

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

All 4 GS tournaments is epic

Are

 

[Enceladus]

Are

Yes, are. English is not my native language, so here and there I will make mistakes.

 

[DSH]

indoor clay matches!.
.

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

Yes, are. English is not my native language, so here and there I will make mistakes.

Mine also.... Its my 3rd language actually... Would love to know which one is yours....
Don't mind it anyways, I was trying to crack a joke which didn't work out well..

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

indoor clay matches!.
.

Not happening till rafa plays

 

[jm1980]

One more roof conspiring to prevent poor Rafael from reaching the Slam record

 

[Deon Sanders]

45 years

45 years from the time the US Open started using lights until the French people will have discovered how to screw in a lightbulb

 

[MichaelNadal]

All 4 GS tournaments are epic

Agreed, im one of those weirdos that loves all 4 of them.

 

[underground]

Just hoping the ventilation down in PC won't be nearly as atrocious as it is at the USO.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Oh I thought there is a talk that RG will move to China.

 

[DSH]

Not happening till rafa plays

the problem is not indoor, is the surface.
he can win rg even if it is indoor.
he is the goat surface.
he is better on clay than Federer on grass, than Djokovic on hardcourt, than Mcenroe on carpet, than Borotra on wood.
he does not have impossible on clay.
he is above all them.
.

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

the problem is not indoor, is the surface.
he can win rg even if it is indoor.
he is the goat surface.
he is better on clay than Federer on grass, than Djokovic on hardcourt, than Mcenroe on carpet, than Borotra on wood.
he does not have impossible on clay.
he is above all them.
.

I'd agree with the 2nd point,
Rafa is greater on clay than any player on any surface

 

[Towser83]

Very nice video showing what the end goal will be. Looks really good.

I was waiting to see the Rafa Nadal statue, couldn't see it.

They should leave the statue til he retires anyway, it's like people wanting a court in Basel named after Federer, feels weird to have those honours while a player is still active

 

[MichaelNadal]

They should leave the statue til he retires anyway, it's like people wanting a court in Basel named after Federer, feels weird to have those honours while a player is still active

Well Nadal is just that epic to have only lost 2 matches there still to this day

 

[Towser83]

Well Nadal is just that epic to have only lost 2 matches there still to this day

That has nothing to do with my point though

 

[flanker2000fr]

45 years

45 years from the time the US Open started using lights until the French people will have discovered how to screw in a lightbulb

Apparently the 5W lightbulb that serves as your brain still hasn't lit up, has it?

 

[D.Nalby12]

Hope there is roof and lights there, otherwise useless.

 

[falstaff78]

RG is epic

who's the handsome dude in your profile pic?

(assuming you wouldn't unleash a pic of yourself on the intrawebs...)

 

[octobrina10]

That's Roland Garros in February 2019:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1098507754300473344

 

[junior74]

Night matches at Roland Garros will be awesome.

Night match is a bizarre idea. It is out of rhythm with the human body, and I can only imagine how tough it is to be physically on top AND being fully concentrated for 4 hours, while the system tells every cell in the body to prepare for shut-down

 

[Tennis_Hands]

Night match is a bizarre idea. It is out of rhythm with the human body, and I can only imagine how tough it is to be physically on top AND being fully concentrated for 4 hours, while the system tells every cell in the body to prepare for shut-down

Only people that have never been to RG and are not aware of the niceties of the natural interruption of a long day of tennis by the Parisian evening that extends to other entertainment lament the lack of lights.

Of course, there won't be a lot of tennis after dusk. Just like at Wimbledon.

 

[Tennis Rules]

i dont like a pc with a roof because of the shadow on court...but i don´t get it for years that rg don´t have lights on the courts. they need light on the courts, so that they can play longer any day.

 

[tennis_pro]

A lot more exciting once Nadal retires.

 

[Sudacafan]

Yes, are. English is not my native language, so here and there I will make mistakes.

So does I, no English native. Please keep thems mistakes coming.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

the new court with the greenhouses was inaugurated...

 

[Tennis_Hands]

the new court with the greenhouses was inaugurated...

Beautiful.

I knew that they will do something exciting with Mathieu.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

Beautiful.

I knew that they will do something exciting with Mathieu.

they even prepared some special plants for the nadal's locker room

 

[Sport]

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[Mainad]

they even prepared some special plants for the nadal's locker room

 

[I Am Finnish]

Night matches at Roland Garros will be awesome.

About damn time

#WimbeldonYourTurn

 

[I Am Finnish]

A lot more exciting once Nadal retires.

 

[Crisstti]

Very nice video showing what the end goal will be. Looks really good.

I was waiting to see the Rafa Nadal statue, couldn't see it.

That's really cool

 

[songoftheindri]

Court Simonne Mathieu looks very charming.

Can't wait to see it (during RG next year or earlier this year with no tennis there).

I hope there is tennis there this year, because they're selling tickets for it.

 

[Tennis_Hands]

I hope there is tennis there this year, because they're selling tickets for it.

You misunderstood. I meant, if I have the time when I am in Paris in the autumn. Hopefully RG will be finished before then.

 

[Boom-Boom]

45 years

45 years from the time the US Open started using lights until the French people will have discovered how to screw in a lightbulb

meanwhile in America, you can buy guns freely and half the population is overweight

 

[songoftheindri]

You misunderstood. I meant, if I have the time when I am in Paris in the autumn. Hopefully RG will be finished before then.

Oh, I see...well, that sounds good. Do they do tours when the French Open isn't on? I've been going to the tournament for years, but it would be interesting to see the place without the crowds – you'd get a different perspective.

 

[NicoMK]

45 years

45 years from the time the US Open started using lights until the French people will have discovered how to screw in a lightbulb

True…

(and I'm French).

They should have moved the whole stadium to another location and make a new FO "a la Melbourne Park". The old site is too small (and too close from a big motorway, which nobody never talks about… ).

 

[Deleted member 763024]

Make it a one weekend affair - one day for exhos, another for a Nadal-Djokovic final.

Saves money, time, and the environment.

 

[Nostradamus]

Very nice video showing what the end goal will be. Looks really good.

I was waiting to see the Rafa Nadal statue, couldn't see it.

They need to speed up the clay surface by adding some Green clay underneath. color will turn purple but that is ok for viewing, still will have good contrast with the ball on TV. Anyway, by speeding it up, it will be much more fun to watch and RAFA can't win it for 15 times in a row