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Roland-Garros… Continues To Ignore Tournoi de France Champions

On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded France… Forty-two days later the French surrendered on June 22… On June 14, Paris had been declared an “Open City” and the “proof” was German troops parading down the storied Avenue des Champs-Élysées.

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Roland Garros Is The Name…And It’s Never The Same

Suzanne Lenglen Stadium

To begin at the beginning…the Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT) has, for some time, used Roland Garros, as the name of the second major of the year, instead of the French Open.

The distinction is much more than the French … continue reading