PERTH, November 10, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Beating Ashleigh Barty in Australia twice – and on the same day – seemed unthinkable. Yet, Kristina Mladenovic and France did it. And because Mladenovic came up big by winning both her singles and doubles […]
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) On the final day of France’s Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinal tie against Romania, French captain Julien Benneteau took some calculated risks, but they all turned out well. When it […]
WASHINGTON, April 20, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) The Romanian fans who packed into Rouen’s Kindarena for the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinal matches gave Simona Halep a big boost in her opening rubber against France’s Kristina Mladenovic […]
STARNBERG, December 17, 2018 The French Tennis Federation has named Sebastien Grosjean as the country’s new Davis Cup captain for 2019 and 2020. Grosjean will also lead the men’s team for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020. “The French team […]
LILLE, November 25, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Yannick Noah made his decision. The French team captain went with his head instead of his heart. Or did he? After much debate – and faced with a 2-1 deficit entering the final day […]
LILLE, November 25, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert were resilient from first ball to last ball on Saturday. The French duo saved the day for France by winning their doubles rubber against Croatia in the 2018 […]
LILLE, November 24, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Going into the second day of the 2018 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final, the last Davis Cup final using the traditional two-nation three-day format, France needed to win Saturday’s doubles rubber in […]
LILLE, November 24, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) The 2018 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final between defending champion France and Croatia continues on Saturday with the French facing a do-or-die situation in front of their home fans in Lille. When […]
LILLE, November 23, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) France’s Jeremy Chardy and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga faced an arduous task of having to face a pair of in-form Top 20 stars in Croatia’s Borna Coric and Marin Cilic, during the opening day of […]
WASHINGTON, November 23, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) When the Davis Cup by PNB Paribas Final nominations were revealed Thursday afternoon inside Stade Pierre Mauroy, one big name absent from France’s lineup that team captain Yannick Noah submitted was Lucas Pouille, […]
