Noise, young people in the stands and a packed Suzanne-Lenglen court, the charity evening of streamer Domingo, real name Pierre-Alexis Bizot, at Roland-Garros broke the codes. The idea of the presenter of the show “Popcorn” was to offer the chance to eight tennis fans, selected by content creator captains (Domingo, the choreographer and dancer Inès Vandamme, the content creator “Etoile”, and the professional tennis player and YouTuber Jules Marie), to come and compete on one of the most legendary courts in tennis.
But that’s not all, several former glories of the little yellow ball came to show the young generation present in the stands that they were still capable of putting on a great show.
“Bridging the gap between two worlds”
The association between the setting of Roland-Garros and the Twitch platform above all proved that tennis had no social class. This is what the recently retired Alizé Cornet explains: “The presence of Domingo can make young people want to follow us and watch this sport. For this evening, the places were at a reduced rate, which is fortunate because we know the price of places at Roland Garros. This allows us to open up access to tennis a little to a perhaps younger audience.”
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An analysis confirmed by former player Gilles Simon, also present for the legends match. “During the fortnight of the tournament, no one can ever come. There, it’s a different type of audience, not necessarily attracted by traditional tennis. The goal is to make the link between two worlds that I love, streaming and sport. »
According to the screams of the spectators, the mission is successful. A journalist present on site even told us that “this is the first evening that we have heard such an atmosphere on the Suzanne-Lenglen court”.