Hello, this is Janik Noah, remember me? You listening to the tennis podcast.

So we've had a week off and Matt has gone to get his hair cut.

Catherine's been hanging out with Magnus the dog.

I've been stressing about my football team West from a job in as they try to throw

promotion away. That may or may not mean something to you.

And we will be back with a lot of tennis podcasts over the coming weeks and months

altogether. Chatting as we normally do. But today we have a very, very special

interview with the French Open Champion of 1983. The world's number three

as his highest ranking. But that really doesn't tell the story of Janik Noah,

who is unquestionably the coolest man I have ever met.

Davis Cup winning captain three times, Fed Cup winning captain as well.

And had a hugely successful music career once his tennis days had come to an end.

I had the chance to meet him just over 20 years ago when he joined the ATP Champions Tour.

Retired players who just travelled the world, played matches against one another,

here and John McHenry and Bjorn Borg and all these greats of the game.

And just got to know him a little bit at that time. He was always a gent to me.

I haven't seen him for about 10 years, but I managed to get in contact with him through a couple

of other people when we were researching and trying to set up interviews for our tennis

relived series, particularly the French Open, so that we could tell that story.

And you'll have heard an excerpt perhaps of this interview when we covered his run to that 1983

French Open title, but the entire interview, it's just a joy and it will improve your mood.

And if you do enjoy this interview, tell your friends, tell your family,

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