Organisers of the French Open hosted a media reception today (Sat) in recognition of the announcement by Alstom to extend its sponsorship of the prestigious French tournament up to and including 2016.

Present at the reception was George O’Grady, CEO of the European Tour along with Tournament Director, Jean Van de Velde and Alstom officials.

Full details of the annoucement appear in an earlier NEWS item, so please refer to that.

Hereunder is a selection of photos from the occasion. (Click on photograph to enlarge).