French Word of the Day

clay

Les joueurs à Roland Garros glissent facilement sur la terre battue.
The players at the French Open glide easily on the clay.

NOTE
In France, the French do not call the French Open by that name. It is, instead, le tournois de Roland Garros or, more simply, Roland Garros. The tournament takes its name from the stadium where it is played. The stadium is named after a French World War I aviator and fighter pilot who very frequently played tennis there.

THIS WEEK
With the French Open under way and Wimbledon close behind, it’s a good time to brush up on our French tennis vocabulary.

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