Lee, a longtime Knicks fan who watched his favorite team lose in the Eastern Conference Finals to the Indiana Pacers, was courtside in Paris on Saturday as world No. 2 Coco Gauff defeated No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in three sets to become the first American since Serena Williams in 2015 to win the French Open.

No Knicks NBA championship means Spike Lee will fly to Paris for a different American sports victory and Coco Gauff gave him something to fill that void.

By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -When Coco Gauff saw that Spike Lee was attending her French Open final against Aryna Sabalenka, she felt she could cheer up the American film director after the recent NBA heartbreak suffered by his beloved New York Knicks.

Coco Gauff had a history-making comeback performance in the French Open final that drew cheers from all types of big names.