Ex-French Open champ Yannick Noah taking charge of French para tennis
FILE -Former French tennis player and singer Yannick Noah looks on during the inauguration of a fresco retracing his life, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his victory at Roland Garros in 1983, on day one of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament in Paris, May 28, 2023. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat, Pool via AP, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Anne-Christine Poujoulat]
PARIS (AP) — Yannick Noah has been appointed as the new head of France’s para tennis from next year. The French Tennis Federation says Noah will be in charge of wheelchair, visually impaired, deaf and hard-of-hearing tennis. Noah had a first experience with disability tennis when he led the France men’s wheelchair team at the Paris Paralympic Games. Noah, a celebrity in his home country, is the last man from France to win a Grand Slam singles title, at the 1983 French Open.
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