Roland Garros chiefs insisted on Wednesday the French Open, delayed until September due to the coronavirus pandemic, will have fans attending even if they still have to abide by social distancing rules.
“In the autumn, we will play Roland Garros with an optimum spectator capacity which allows fans to respect social distancing,” Jean-Francois Vilotte, the director-general of the French Tennis Federation (FFT), told AFP.
“The aim is that there will be spectators but we will have the capacity to organise Roland Garros whatever the option decided, including behind closed doors.”
If fans are to be welcome at the rescheduled tournament, then tickets would have to go on resale.
“We have set ourselves a deadline (for resale) ... but you will not know it,” added Vilotte.
“It will be an exceptional tournament anyway," he said, adding the organisation was working on holding a “postponed tournament” and not a “downgraded” version.
In other words, juniors, singles, doubles and wheelchair tennis events will still be staged.