Tennis
Tennis is the twelfth most popular French sport in terms of the number of licensed players with 1,054,513 licensed tennis players in France (2005).
France holds the tennis Grand Slam tournament Roland Garros. France's current stars include Richard Gasquet, Gaël Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gilles Simon, Marion Bartoli, and Aravane Rezaï. Other stars from the past include Yannick Noah (father of Joakim Noah), Amélie Mauresmo, and Mary Pierce.
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Famous quotes containing the word tennis:
“I know some of my self-worth comes from tennis, and it’s hard to think of doing something else where you know you’ll never be the best. Tennis players are rare creatures: where else in the world can you know that you’re the best? The definitiveness of it is the beauty of it, but it’s not all there is to life and I’m ready to explore the alternatives.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
“The boneless quality of English conversation, which, so far as I have heard it, is all form and no content. Listening to Britons dining out is like watching people play first-class tennis with imaginary balls.”
—Margaret Halsey (b. 1910)
“Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)