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PARIS — Joakim Noah has won the French Open on clay, just like his father.<\/p>\n
The former Chicago Bulls center teamed up with WNBA’s Seattle Storm guard Gabby Williams to bring former Detroit Pistons guard Richard Hamilton and Spanish tennis player David Ferrer together Wednesday night for basketball on Court Philippe Chatrier’s famous clay. defeated in a match of<\/p>\n
Noah and Williams won in three “sets”. His first two sets were 6 points and his final set was 3 points.<\/p>\n
“I’ve certainly never played basketball here,” Noah said after the game, part of the preparatory events for the Bulls-Pistons game in Paris on Thursday. I’ve hit a tennis ball before, it’s a really special place.”<\/p>\n
Noah’s father, Yannick Noah, was the 1983 French Open men’s champion. Joakim Noah was born in 1985 in Florida where he won two of his NCAA titles and in his 13 season-long career he was a two-time All-Star. He was mostly Bulls. .<\/p>\n
By the way, Joakim Noah says he’s not good at tennis. But being on the clay where his father once ruled was a special moment.<\/p>\n
“Every time I see a photo or a video, I know it’s part of my history,” Noah said. And I know how hard it was and how much it cost to have that special moment of victory.”<\/p>\n
A promotional event for Wilson Sporting Goods, the game was played 2v2 on one half of the tennis court with baselines and sidelines out of bounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n