Little Édouard was 8 years old when, alongside his dad Christophe, from the stands of the Gerland sports center, he saw Noah’s gang triumph in Lyon in 1991. He was in Malmö, Sweden, for the epic coronation des Bleus, on a Sunday at 10:56 p.m., or in Nice during the defeat in the final against Australia by Mark Philippoussis, in 1999. “When you were a kid, the Davis Cup was on TV and in the stands always with a lot of passion. » There was this desire to be on the ground. And to follow in the footsteps of his father, twice selected, who notably teamed up with Gilles Moretton. “It’s a little wink,” slips the president of the FFT, present in Manchester this week. It’s an achievement for him, he’s a great guy. »
