Wimbledon’s favourite umpire? Silken voiced Kader Nouni, dubbed the ‘Barry White of tennis’, is back at SW19 – and spectators can’t resist his ‘ASMR’ tones, describing Frenchman’s calls as sounding like ‘honey and snuggles’
You rarely catch glimpses of Kader Nouni; the French umpire remains low-key in his lofty chair – but his voice, carrying across and beyond Wimbledon’s Centre Court, is once again having quite the impact at SW19. Both silken and gravel-filled, veteran referee Nouni’s dulcet tones have already won him a raft of new fans at … Read more