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...thanks to him that I could have a career in tennis," Frenchman Yannick Noah said. "It was him who, when I was young, gave me the dream...
Recently the Men's International Professional Tennis Council levied two loud penalties that have rattled the business. Frenchman Yannick Noah was suspended for 42 days and fined $20,000 for failing to show up at a tournament last May. Guillermo Vilas, an Argentine who lives like a prince ($932,150 official winnings last year) and sometimes dates princesses, was suspended one year and fined $20,000 for accepting appearance money to play in a tournament in Rotterdam, The Netherlands...
...France, where tennis champions have been as scarce as courteous taxi drivers, Yannick Noah, 23, has become the most talked about addition to center court since Rene Lacoste first stitched a crocodile onto a cotton shirt. In the finals of the French Open, Noah defeated Swedish Ace Mats Wilander, 18, the defending champion, 6-2, 7-5, 7-6. Delirious fans overflowed onto the court as he became the first Frenchman to win the tournament since 1946. (Noah was born in France and raised in the former French African territory of Cameroon.) Dampening Yannick's win only slightly...
...attested by his straight set, 45-minute routing by Yannick Noah last week on his favorite surface, clay. Borg's return to top-flight tennis will require both time and match play against his real competitors (Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe, and Jimmy connors), and not against satellite stars whom he would meet in qualifying rounds...
Directed and Written by Yannick...