“We have moved into another dimension”: how the Roland-Garros public sets fire to the matches of the Blues

Impossible to miss them! Placed at the very top of the Philippe-Chatrier court, there are about sixty of them, all dressed in white, up to the obligatory Panama hat, to sing, dance and “liven up” each evening the matches of the “night session” inaugurated in 2021, but disputed for the first time with the public this year at Roland-Garros. Their madness, joyful, is contagious. At their instigation, the whole Central shifts into another dimension every evening. Forgetting the sacrosanct rules of good conduct specific to tennis stands. The atmosphere is more like that of a concert or an indoor game. “Behind us, people were surprised and annoyed that we were standing all the time,” smiles Marion. But the atmosphere was great! »