This week there is the Davis Cup final, France vs Belgium, at Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille.
Currently the 2 teams are 1-1 (goffin won 3-0 against Pouille, and Tsonga won 3-0 against Darcis)
France is favored because it plays at home, and the remaining 3 matches is clearly favored in 2 matches (in today's doubles and in tomorrow's match Pouille vs Darcis.
France would win its 10th davis cup, while for Belgium it would be the first victory of its history
- Definitely France will win Davis cup because all together they have better tennis players than Belgium except Goffin who is the best player in both national teams.
France is favorite, I think they will win the doubles, but both single games need to be played. Goffin vs Tsonga should be a very nice match and giving the current form Goffin, he is the favorite to win this match.
The other match (probably Darcis vs Pouille) could go both sides. Darcis is called Mr. Daviscup and will give everything he got to win!
Pouille is a great player so I am sure he can defeat Darcis but can't really say between Goffin Tsonga because both play well but I root for Goffin because he deserves to end the year well.
Pouille is higher on the ranking and in good form (won the title in Vienna), but I will not bet any money on this match. It will be the first time that Pouille and Darcis will play against each other. I am looking forward to tomorrow!
- Yes I also think that Goffin deserves to end the year well but again if he win Pouille is quality tennis player and it is hard to think that Darcis will win against him.
as predicted France won the double match and is in the lead 2-1.
Gasquet was the best and could even play the fifth match (and decisive match) against Darcis.
Tsonga is a great player and plays at home, but right now Goffin is in great shape. So I think Goffin can win this game.
He and Belgium deserve to come to the fifth match in this davis cup.
NO matter what , its a great final and I certainly didn't expect this from Gasquet . He can do wonders in single matches , no doubts but the quality he produced yesterday in doubles match was unbelievable . Go Goffin , equalize it for Belgium.
Goffin just did it! First set was close, but in the second and third set Goffin played much better than Tsonga.
Now it is up to the match Darcis vs Pouille to determine who will win the Davis cup of 2017.
Just incredible by Goffin , certainly after world tour finals his confidence has increased . Too bad this depend on Darcis though, it will be a high pressure match but I guess France will take it home .
Goffin won 2 matches for 3-0 but France easily won the other 3 matches.
In the last decisive match Pouille dominated against Darcis (6-3 6-1 6-0).
Congratulations to France for his 10th Davis Cup of his history.
Darcis was nowhere in his match against Pouille. It was a one way match, so congrats to Pouille and the French team to taking home their 10th Davis cup.
France had quality players like Tsonga, Gasquet , pouille but whereas in Belgium Goffin was the only one who worked hard and played well , gotto feel bad for him hm but congrats France for 10th Davis cup.
The French team has won this Davis Cup by playing 8 different players(record):
Jo Wilfried Tsonga, Lucas Pouille, Richard Gasquet, Pierre Hugues Herbert, Julien Benneteau, Nicolas Mahut, Jeremy Chardy, Gilles Simon.
There are also 3 very strong players who have not been called:
Gael Monfils (currently 46th with best ranking 6), Benoit Paire (currently 41th with best ranking 18) and Mannarino (28th currently).
The French team can always choose the strongest players and who have the best shape.
In 2012 Czech Republic won the davis cup by playing only 2 players: Tomas Berdich and Radek Stepanek!
