PARIS --- Serena Williams and Roger Federer would love to win the French Open again, of course. They'd also be thrilled to win Roland Garros. And they might not know it, but they are doing their best to triumph at what used to officially be the Championnats Internationaux de France, too. What's in a name? Things get complicated when it comes to deciding what to call the clay-court Grand Slam tournament being contested now on the southwestern edge of Paris. English-speakers tend to say "French Open," even though that's not used by the event itself. Most of the rest of the world refers to "Roland Garros," the tournament facility named after a World War I fighter pilot. William...
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