If you watched Sunday’s U.S. Open match between Rafael Nadal and Lucas Pouille, you may have noticed the camera occasionally panning to box seats to catch a glimpse of an older gentleman who kind of looks like Michael Dorn rocking a Knicks cap. In fact, that was French tennis legend Yannick Noah, winner of the 1983 French Open:
Noah, who has lived in New York for a few decades now, has been cheering on his fellow Frenchmen in Queens these past two weeks, but soon he’ll be heading to Manhattan to watch his son, Joakim Noah, take the court for his hometown Knicks.