David Goffin leads the Belgian squad in the Davis Cup final against host France in Lille (24th place) as top player. till 26. November) to
The World Ranking Eighth in the ATP final in London on Monday, Rafael Nadal (Spain) beat industry leader Rafael Nadal (Spain) in his first group match in three sets and has a good chance of reaching the semi-finals. Goffin will face Grigor Dimitrov in his next group match.
Belgium captain Johan van Herck nominated the same team that won the semi-final against Australia (3-2). In addition to Goffin, Steve Darcis, Ruben Bemelmans and Arthur De Greef will be playing for the guests, who want to win their first Davis Cup title in their third final appearance. In the first round, the Belgians had won in Frankfurt 4:1 against the German team. At that time, however, without Goffin, who wanted to recover from the strains of the Australian Open.
The nine-time champion France relies on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Lucas Pouille and his double specialists Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut. Team boss Yannick Noah’s Équipe Tricolore have defeated Serbia 3-1 in the semi-finals and are now looking for their first title since 2001. Gael Monfils, always a candidate for a place in the French team, was not available to Noah due to injury.