Give women tennis players prime-time slots, says Billie Jean King

Female players should get prime time slots when they play if women\u0027s tennis is to get a better audience, Billie Jean King said.

The 12-time singles Grand Slam champion, one of the sport’s stars in the 1960s and 1970s at the start of the professional era, backed Roland Garros director Amelie Mauresmo to fix the problem even after Mauresmo said men’s tennis was currently more appealing than women’s tennis.

According to King, two matches should be scheduled and start earlier than the usual 2100 local time to allow an early finish for all players.King said she thought that Mauresmo, despite her controversial remark, would ring the changes. The two-time Grand Slam champion took over as French Open boss this year.

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