A hard blow for the organizers of the next Roland-Garros tournament, which is due to begin on Sunday September 27. Jean Castex, the French Prime Minister, confirmed Thursday September 24 that the number of spectators would be reduced to a maximum of 1.000 people per day. “ We're going from 5.000 to 1. There's no reason why we shouldn't apply the same rules to everyone." explained Jean Castex during a television show. According to information from L'Equipe, this is indeed the number of spectators authorized each day to enter the Roland-Garros grounds. This number does not include accredited people (players and management, officials, referees, ball boys, FFT staff, security teams, journalists, etc.), whose number is approaching 4. The organizers hoped to be able to accommodate 000 spectators per day. They then resigned themselves to a capacity of 11.500 people. But the spread of COVID-5.000 in France in recent weeks, with more than 19 new cases for the single day of Thursday September 16.000, is forcing them to further revise their figures downwards.
