PARIS : No French man has won a singles Grand Slam title for 40 years and 1983 French Open champion Yannick Noah has a piece of advice for the local youngsters - pack your bags and leave the country.Talk of a French man with the ability to claim a major crown resurfaced on Saturday when 18-year-old Arthu
PARIS : No French man has won a singles Grand Slam title for 40 years and 1983 French Open champion Yannick Noah has a piece of advice for the local youngsters - pack your bags and leave the country.
With the likes of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Richard Gasquet, Gilles Simon and Gael Monfils nearing the end of their careers or having already retired, a huge generation gap has opened up. "You have to go and nourish yourself elsewhere, because we're used to losing at all levels," Noah told reporters.No French man is seeded in singles at the French Open for the second year in a row and Noah believes his compatriots are poor at dealing with the aftermath of success."This is what happened to me. What do we do? That's it. You have won. Then what? It's difficult.
Last year's U.S. Open semi-finalist Caroline Garcia is seeded fifth at Roland Garros and most French hopes rest on the shoulders of the twice Roland Garros doubles champion.
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