Noah led France to two Davis Cup titles in 1991 and 1996.
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Noah, who won the French Open in 1983, is taking over from Arnaud Clement and is returning for a third spell in charge.
Noah spoke at Roland Garros stadium, where he became the last Frenchman to win a Grand Slam tournament, back in 1983.
Noah has committed himself to the French team for the 2016 Davis Cup campaign only and will decide at the end of next season if he keeps going for an extra year. The differentiation between his tyrant discourse and his casual looks was striking: Sporting a dim top, a cardigan on his exposed mid-section and a long jewelry, Noah said the current French players should be oversaw in an alternate manner than in the course of recent years.
France’s 3-1 loss to Britain in the quarterfinals this summer and the growing tension between Clement and the players were reckoned key factors in the latter’s stepping down.
Noah, one of France’s most popular figures, ended his playing career in 1991 and had immediate success with the Davis Cup team when they beat Pete Sampras’s US side in the final in Lyon.
France, champions nine times, were beaten by Great Britain in the World Group quarter-finals.
Yannick Noah was the last Frenchman to capture a grand slam title.
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“Don’t forget Roger Federer won his first Davis Cup (for Switzerland) at the age of 34”. He provoked an outcry when he accused Spanish athletes of widespread doping in an interview with a French newspaper in 2011.
