Non-French athletes competing against French players at the French Open tennis tournament have lamented the adversarial atmosphere they face, drawing parallels to the intensity of fiercely contested football matches; the vociferous conduct of spectators, encompassing jeers, whistles, and invective, prompted tournament organizers to implement a ban on alcohol within the stands last year in an attempt to mitigate the increasingly hostile environment.

Certain athletes, Chilean Nicolás Jarry among them, have characterised the ordeal as a "disgusting" nadir, a veritable crucible of suffering, while tournament director Amélie Mauresmo responded by implementing enhanced security protocols and augmenting the authority of chair umpires to proactively intercede and report instances of untoward behaviour, thereby attempting to mitigate the deleterious effects of the egregious conduct exhibited by elements within the spectator base.

However, not all athletes find themselves discomfited by this adversarial ambiance; Belgian player Elise Mertens has characterised it as an endemic facet of the tennis milieu, whilst Frenchman Corentin Moutet, whilst acknowledging the inherent pressures of competing on home soil, has counselled his fellow competitors to cultivate a studied indifference towards it.