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 in the NBA Finals meant Spike Lee flew to Paris for a different American sports victory. The Academy Award-winning American filmmaker was in attendance for Coco Gauff’s first Roland Garros title on Saturday morning,

U.S. tennis star Coco Gauff said she was "surprised" after hearing Aryna Sabalenka's remarks after Gauff defeated Sabalenka in the French Open final.