Mid-June, Gilles Moretton officially announced that he was a candidate for his own succession to the presidency of the French Tennis Federation. The following week, a first competitor was announced: Germain Roeschpresident of the Île-de-France League. Via a press release, the Ile-de-France list of the Association Unis Pour Notre Fédération, “United For Our Federation in Île-de-France”, stated that “24 of the 45 elected to the Steering Committee of the Île-de-France Tennis League dissociate themselves from the candidacy of Mr. Germain Roesch for the Presidency of the French Tennis Federation.“They consider it as an individual initiative which cannot commit the Île-de-France League. A press release written at the initiative of these 24 elected to the Steering Committee of the Île-de-France Tennis League, including four of They are also Presidents of the Departmental Committees of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-et-Marne and Seine-Saint-Denis.
Mauresmo and Moretton, their results from Roland-Garros 2024
Germain Roesch: “When you are not in the president’s camp…”
“At the level of the spirit, there were excellent things. On the other hand, its implementation, no”had explained Roesch to AFP, to justify his candidacy. “And I hope that the Executive Committee becomes an entity of exchange, of debate, therefore in fact participatory, cooperative governance, also serene, because we are very far from having a serene climate within this Comex. From the moment you are not in the president’s camp, unfortunately, your remarks, your proposals, your recommendations are discredited. And that’s initially why I distanced myself“, did he declare.
Gilles Moretton: “French tennis is accelerating. We’re not finished…”
For his part, also to the AFP, Gilles Moretton had given the reasons for his desire to continue his mission at the head of the FFT. “French tennis is in full acceleration. We are not finished and I think that as long as we are not finished, we all want to ride this dynamic“, he explained, while admitting to being “aware that there are things that have been done badly“. Concerning the tense social climate, the 66-year-old former player recalled having put in place measures. “IThere was an acute attack but it was taken very seriously. We initiated a diagnosis with the CSE which we will have very soon. And measures have already been taken for psychological listening, etc., etc. Other measures will be taken. But already today, we have found a lot of serenity” As a reminder, last March, Stéphane Morel was appointed general manager replacing Caroline Flaisier. The latter was laid off in February, notably after an open letter from around a hundred employees, via its representatives, who denounced the working conditions and the social climate at the end of January.
