If it is the public service which will offer the widest coverage of Roland-Garros from Sunday May 22 (lThe matches can be followed on France Télévisions and on its digital platform France.tv), Amazon Prime Video will not be outdone with the exclusivity of the Simone-Mathieu court matches and the ten night matches from 9 p.m. The two broadcasters, on the other hand, have the rights to the men’s, women’s and doubles semi-finals and finals.
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At Prime, it is Thibault Le Rol, ex-Bein Sports and Téléfoot, who will host the evenings, accompanied by seven consultants including Guy Forget, the former director of Roland-Garros, and Marion Bartoli, winner in 2013 at Wimbledon. “The party was not complete last year since the public was absent in the evening because of the curfew. This year, there will be 15,000 people in the stadium!” rejoices the presenter, who hopes that Amazon will win the broadcast of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s last match.
“It’s going to be a big American-style party!”
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The Frenchman will end his career after Roland-Garros: “It’s the tournament that decides. But it’s important to pay tribute to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga after all he has done. Will it be the day or in the evening session? Suspense. We meet fingers”, says Thibault Le Rol.
Impatient to start and to be part of the team of consultants again, Marion Bartoli defends her employer, whom some accuse of privatizing the Porte d’Auteuil competition. The Nadal-Gasquet duel in 2021, for example, could not be seen for free by viewers: “You have a 30-day free trial on Prime Video, so you can follow Roland-Garros for free! Now we consume sport on media other than television: on smartphones, tablets, computers. So finally, we is in innovation and we are in the future”, concludes Marion Bartoli.