Fears that the Swiss would lose again
in a final, having been this far just
once before, grew when Monfils
played some of the most inspired
tennis of his career to beat Federer.
Roger Federer came into the
Davis Cup Final nursing a back injury
One end of the state-of-the-art
Stade Pierre Mauroy was converted for the final
Julien Benneteau and
Richard Gasquet could not
match their opponents'
firepower in the doubles
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