Roland Garros

The French Open, or Championnats Internationaux de France de Tennis*, to use its official name (when not being referred to simply as Roland Garros - la confusion!*) has been delayed due to COVID-19 and is currently scheduled to take place in late September.

Since the French word for tennis is le tennis, you'd be forgiven for thinking the French imported the game from England. Oui? Non!* The modern game is actually based on an ancient French game called Jeu de Paume*. We don't want to lose you in translation, so take a look at this recent article from the New York Times to get to the bottom of the white games, hallways and eggs that make up tennis en français*.

*The French International Tennis Championships | *how confusing! | *Yes? No! | *Real Tennis (literally: palm game) | *in French.