32 and counting - why are women overlooked for French Open night matches?

32 and counting - why are women overlooked for French Open night matches?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, There has not been a women's match in the French Open night session since Sloane Stephens lost to Aryna Sabalenka in the 2023 third roundByJonathan JurejkoBBC Sport tennis news reporter at Roland GarrosPublished3 minutes agoAn important question continues to be raised at the French Open - why are the leading women not being picked to play in the Grand Slam tournament's coveted night-time slot?Each of the past 32 primetime sessions - scheduled to showcase the sport to the largest possible audience in France, Europe and the US - have been allocated to the men.No women's match has been held at night since 2023.It felt telling when four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka said on Saturday she did not "even associate" the French Open with night matches.Since the one-match sessions were introduced in 2021, only four of the 60 slots on Court Philippe Chatrier have been given to the women - including Sunday's scheduled night match between Casper Ruud and Joao Fonseca.American world number five Jessica Pegula said last year she felt like she was "hitting her head against the wall" over the subject, while two-time Wimbledon finalist Ons Jabeur questioned whether the people making the decision "have daughters".Jelena Ostapenko, who won the French Open women's singles in 2017, has reiterated change is needed.The Latvian is one of the few women to have played in the night session, when her second-round match against France's Alize Cornet was scheduled there in 2022."I wish women's tennis could be shown more in those spots. The men always have the priority with the scheduling, they take the most popular slots, and on bigger courts," Ostapenko told BBC Sport."I like to play at night - especially when the stadiums are full. I'm the kind of player that really enjoys it when there are a...