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Skip to contentSkip to site index Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation SEARCH Sports SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Tuesday, December 12, 2023 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK Sports|Noah's Davis Cup Crew Faces Daunting Task : From Marseillaise to Waterloo https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/03/sports/IHT-noahs-davis-cup-crew-faces-daunting-task-from-marseillaise-to.html * Share full article * * Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT NOAH'S DAVIS CUP CREW FACES DAUNTING TASK : FROM MARSEILLAISE TO WATERLOO * Share full article * * * Read in app By Christopher Clarey, International Herald Tribune * Feb. 3, 1995 Unlike the Americans, the French do not make a habit of singing their national anthem at sporting events. But there was nothing habitual about that Sunday afternoon in Lyon in December 1991 when the French stunned the heavily favored Americans to win their first Davis Cup in 59 years. No sooner had Guy Forget hit the winning forehand then he dropped to the ground, covered his face with both hands and lay on his back: trembling, weeping, disbelieving. While the team's captain, Yannick Noah, and his merry band of sparring partners and coaches tumbled over Forget like a wave on a Biarritz beach, Henri Leconte, whose brilliant play had put the French in position to win, emerged from the locker room, staggered onto the court, fell to his knees and began to cry. What followed were victory laps, a conga line led by Noah, and then, out of the heavy and hazy air in the stadium, came the sound of 8,000 voices proudly singing La Marseillaise without musical accompaniment. Rarely has a more stirring celebration been seen. It was moving because it was thoroughly unscripted, thoroughly heartfelt and thoroughly devoid of self-interest. And the person clearly most responsible for creating that transcendent climate of amity was Noah, the 1983 French Open champion and rookie captain who had not played a single point but who, by careful planning and sheer force of personality, had succeeded in tuning Forget and Leconte to a perfect emotional pitch. Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT "I think Yannick helped me a lot," said the mild-mannered and often overly analytical Forget. "He gave me this taste for risking things." Less than four months later, Noah took a risk of his own and chose not to play Forget or Leconte in singles against Switzerland in the second round of the 1992 Cup. The French lost, and Noah tendered his resignation, complaining quite publicly of meddling from the French Federation and creeping individualism among his players. Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 3, 1995 in The International Herald Tribune. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe * Share full article * * * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2023 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions Support independent journalism with a subscription. Already a subscriber? Log in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. Includes news, games, recipes and more. Welcome offer $6.25 $1/week Billed as $4 every 4 weeks for your first 6 months. Cancel or pause anytime. PayPal OR Check out with card All Access includes news, plus Games, Cooking, Audio, Wirecutter and The Athletic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Offer for a New York Times All Access subscription; current subscribers not eligible. Subscription excludes print edition. Some games may be available without a subscription. Your payment method will automatically be charged in advance the introductory rate of $4.00 every 4 weeks for 6 months, and after 6 months the standard rate of $25.00 every 4 weeks. Your subscription will continue until you cancel. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period. Taxes may apply. Offer terms are subject to change. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ©2023 The New York Times Company Help Feedback