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Who will win?
Tie is on red clay indoors in Lille. Presumably chosen by France to blunt Cilic's threat. On the other hand, neither Monfils nor Gasquet is even in the squad, and Tsonga, who is, is worse on clay than other surfaces. Full rosters are:
France = Pouille, Chardy, Mahut, Tsonga, and Herbert.
Croatia = Cilic, Coric, Skugor, Pavic, and Dodig.
Strength in depth of the French squad is much stronger, but the 1-2 combination for Croatia is a fair bit stronger. There will likely be a lot riding on an off-form Pouille and on Chardy, especially as Tsonga is lacking match fitness. Too bad they don't have Gasquet. Monfils is injured.
Tie is on red clay indoors in Lille. Presumably chosen by France to blunt Cilic's threat. On the other hand, neither Monfils nor Gasquet is even in the squad, and Tsonga, who is, is worse on clay than other surfaces. Full rosters are:
France = Pouille, Chardy, Mahut, Tsonga, and Herbert.
Croatia = Cilic, Coric, Skugor, Pavic, and Dodig.
Strength in depth of the French squad is much stronger, but the 1-2 combination for Croatia is a fair bit stronger. There will likely be a lot riding on an off-form Pouille and on Chardy, especially as Tsonga is lacking match fitness. Too bad they don't have Gasquet. Monfils is injured.