French Open tennis

The umpire gives the in-game score in French, asks for new balls in French and tells you X leads Y by whatever number of games it is in French. Fair enough - it is the French Open. But at the start of the match he/she says "Ready" and "Play" in English. Why?
14:15 Mon 28th May 2012
 
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