“He inspired the French”: Yannick Noah’s victory at Roland-Garros 1983 seen by current players

“I’ve heard about it before, he did something amazing, says Arthur Fils, born in 2004, who therefore experienced through retrospectives and testimonies this last Grand Slam won by a French player that he would like to experience during his career. I saw the match point, his dad running around the field. It inspires me because it’s a Frenchman who wins Roland-Garros. It is the dream of every Frenchman to win a Grand Slam and even more so at home”, confesses the 18-year-old, who has never met Noah. “We can all try to do it. »