Federer 'surprised' by schedule of French Open women's 半分s
PARIS (AP) - Roger Federer was の中で those puzzled by the 決定／判定勝ち（する）s to relegate the French Open women's 準決勝 to lesser 法廷，裁判所s and a morning start Friday, moves the WTA 長，率いる called "不公平な and 不適切な."
The conversation about gender 不平等 was supposed to be taking place across the street from Roland Garros - at nearby Parc des Princes stadium, where サッカー's Women's World Cup was beginning Friday night.
But the 問題／発行する also arose at the Grand 激突する tennis tournament, where Ash Barty and Marketa Vondrousova won 準決勝 that started at 11 a.m. in 前線 of hundreds of empty seats in 第２位 円形競技場s and before the men's matches - 含むing Federer's loss to Rafael Nadal - were held in the afternoon in the main stadium.
"You make it all the way to the 半分s, and you get put on the third-biggest 法廷，裁判所 at 11. It's a 堅い one," Federer said. "When I saw the schedule, also, I was a little bit, like, surprised."
普通は, all French Open （テニスなどの）シングルス 準決勝 are held in 法廷，裁判所 Philippe Chatrier, the biggest stadium with nearly 15,000 seats, with the women on Thursday and men on Friday. But after a 十分な day of play was washed out by rain Wednesday, tournament 公式の／役人s were 軍隊d to shuffle the schedule.
With quarterfinal play moved to Thursday, the women's 準決勝 were 転換d to Friday, 株ing the day with the men's 半分s.
Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech 共和国 叫び声をあげるs after 得点する／非難する／２０ing a point against Britain's Johanna Konta during their semifinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, June 7, 2019. Vondrousova won the match in toe 始める，決めるs 7-5, 7-6 (7-2). (AP Photo/ジーンズ-Francois Badias)
With more rain 予測（する） for Friday, the 決定／判定勝ち（する） was made to put the two women's 準決勝 on 同時に at the outer stadiums.
"What is tiring and what is really unfortunate in this more than anything is that 女性（の） 競技者s have to sit in different positions and have to 正当化する their scheduling or their 関与 in an event or their salary or their 適切な時期s," British player Johanna Konta said after losing to Vondrousova inside the newly 建設するd 法廷，裁判所 Simonne Mathieu on the far 辛勝する／優位 of the grounds.
The Mathieu stadium, which has a capacity of more than 5,000, was mostly empty.
"The way it looks probably speaks for itself more than anything," Konta said.
WTA CEO Steve Simon said the women's the 小旅行する was "極端に disappointed" by the scheduling.
Amelie Mauresmo, the retired French player turned coach, went one step その上の and labeled it a "不名誉."
Problems of this sort could be 避けるd next year when a retractable roof is scheduled to be 機能（する）／行事ing over Chatrier.
In the 合間, the 19 -year-old Vondrousova will be playing on Chatrier for the first time in Saturday's final. In fact, she's been inside the stadium only once - to watch fellow Czech player Lucie Safarova play the 2015 final - when Vondrousova was in 出席 as a junior player.
"I don't mind," she said. "But I don't think it should be like that."
追加するd Barty: "I will play no 事柄 what 法廷，裁判所 it is. ... It's an 適切な時期 to be in a Grand 激突する semifinal. I won't complain at all."
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観客s applaud Spain's Rafael Nadal and Switzerland's Roger Federer during their semifinal match of the French Open tennis tournament on 中心 法廷，裁判所 at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, June 7, 2019. (AP Phot o/Pavel Golovkin)
Amanda Anisimova of the U.S., 権利, plays a 発射 against Australia's Ashleigh Barty on Suzanne Lenglen 法廷，裁判所 during their semifinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, June 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Switzerland's Roger Federer 反応するs after 行方不明の a 発射 against Spain's Rafael Nadal during their semifinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, June 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Britain's Johanna Konta plays a 発射 against Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech 共和国 during their semifinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, June 7, 2019. (AP Photo/ジーンズ-Fran cois Badias)
