SOUTH AFRICA: JOHN MCENROE AND YANNICK NOAH HELP COACH YOUNG TENNIS PLAYERS IN SOWETO

Record ID: 472792

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: JOHN MCENROE AND YANNICK NOAH HELP COACH YOUNG TENNIS PLAYERS IN SOWETO
  • Date: 18th October 1996
  • Summary: SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA (OCTOBER 18, 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV CHILDREN GREETING YANNICK NOAH AS HE ARRIVES AT TENNIS CENTRE 0.11 2. SV CHILDREN GREETING JOHN MCENROE AS HE ARRIVES 0.24 3. SV PEOPLE WATCHING 0.29 4. SV NOAH COACHING CHILDREN 0.33 5. SCU YANNICK NOAH 0.39 6. SV JOHN MCENROE SERVES 0.47 7. SV MCENROE PLAYING WITH CHILDREN 0.52 8. SV SPECTATORS 0.57 9. SV NOAH AND MCENROE PLAYING DOUBLES (3 SHOTS) 1.22 10. SCU SPECTATOR 1.28 11. SV PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS AT NET 1.37 12. SCU GIRL SAYS "I THINK THE CHAMPIONS HAVE TRICKS AND AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE LIKE THEM." (ENGLISH) 1.46 13. MCENROE SAYS "I JUST FEEL IT'S VERY NICE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO A PLACE AND HOPEFULLY MAKE SOME SORT OF DIFFERENCE, AND BRING THE SPORT HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SOWETO. (ENGLISH) 2.02 14. SCU NOAH TALKING TO CHILDREN 2.07 15. NOAH SAYS THERE'S A LOT TO DO AND WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HAVE THIS COURT COMING BACK TO LIFE AND SEE CHILDREN PLAY AGAIN. TENNIS IS A GREAT SPORT ITS JUST VERY EXPENSIVE, SO IF WE CAN BRING THIS BACK TO LIFE THEN IT WOULD BE GREAT." (ENGLISH) 2.29 16. SV NOAH COACHING CHILDREN 2.35 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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  • Location: SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA
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  • Country: South Africa
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  • Story Text: INTRO: Veteran tennis stars John McEnroe and Yannick Noah have spent half a day training young tennis players in the South African township of Soweto.

    ____________________________________________________________________ Veteran tennis stars John McEnroe and Yannick Noah gave the benefit of their experience to young hopefuls in the giant South African township of Soweto on Friday (October 18).

    With a population of more than two million, there are few courts for the township's players to practice on and they are in poor condition.

    McEnroe and Noah hope the dilapidated courts at the Arthur Ashe centre, named after the late American who is the only black man to win a Wimbledon title, can be rebuilt.

    In South Africa for a senior's tournament in Johannesburg, the pair spent the morning on court helping to improve the basic skills of the young players.

    McEnroe, who won three Wimbledon singles titles in the 1980s, said he welcomed the chance to visit Soweto and hoped he could increase the popularity of the sport among the black population.

    The young players needed a chance to play to show their potential, added McEnroe, who is making his first visit to the country.

    He and Noah have reached the semi-finals of the Champions Tour tournament along with Bjorn Borg and Johann Kriek.

    Frenchman Noah said he felt very much at home, the children being exactly the same in both countries, and he added there was much expensive work to be done on the Arthur Ashe centre.


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