The French are passionate about many sports, but in tennis they have excelled, producing many of the game's greatest heroes. Their female tennis players have enjoyed the greatest successes in modern tennis, including former world No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo.
One of their current stars is Tatiana Golovin who was actually born in Moscow, but she moved to Paris with her parents and earned her citizenship by learning French at an early age. Now she speaks fluent French, English and Russian which has helped her learn from English and French-speaking tennis coaches around the world. The hard work she put in on and off the court paid off - in 2004 she won the French Open mixed doubles with compatriot Richard Gasquet. Just two years later she was ranked 12th in the world and continues to have a successful career. Find out more about her on her blog here
And while we're on the subject of multi-lingual French sports stars here's a cautionary tale from former European Footballer Of The Year Jean Pierre Papin. He used to play for Bayern Munich but never bothered to learn German – something he regretted when he got injured and couldn't explain what was wrong to the German medics. He got the wrong treatment!