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, […]
WASHINGTON, November 22, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) The Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final matching defending champion France and 2016 runner-up Croatia wraps up the 2018 tennis season this weekend in Lille. What began 118 years ago, started by four […]
WASHINGTON, November 14, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) With the 2018 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final just nine days away, defending champion France and 2016 runner-up Croatia have announced their rosters for next week’s showdown in Lille, France. The 106th […]
LILLE, September 15, 2018 Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut defeat Marcel Granollers and Feliciano López in Saturday’s doubles rubber 6-0, 6-4, 7-6(7) to send France in its second straight Davis Cup by BNP Paribas final. Benneteau, who actually announced his […]
LILLE, September 15, 2018 France leads 2-0 over Spain after the opening day of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas semi-final tie in Lille. Lucas Pouille beat Roberto Bautista-Agut 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in three hours and 41 minutes, […]
