The fortnight of Roland-Garros began this Sunday. Europe 1 wonders why the score is counted in 15, 30, 40 and game.
In reality, we must go back to the origins of the jeu de paume to understand this system for the least tarabiscoté. Despite its strangeness, this system has never been questioned until today. For the English, it has become "deuce" and for the French, "equality" for a point won in a tie.