12-30-2019, 03:02 AM
PARIS - France will play the Davis Cup final against Switzerland on indoor clay in a bid to thwart Roger Federers quest for a first win in the team competition. Nolan Ryan Jersey .The final will be held at the 27,000-capacity Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille from Nov. 21-23, under a retractable roof.France is third on the list of all-time winners and bidding for a 10th Davis Cup title. Switzerland is looking for its first.With the best-of-five series scheduled five days after the ATP finals, Frances decision Monday looks like a strategic move because Stan Wawrinka and Federer, who are expected to play at the hardcourt tournament, could struggle to adapt to clay.The 17-time Grand Slam champion and Wawrinka, who won Olympic gold together in doubles, are favourites to win the trophy. But they will face a strong France team including Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet.Both Tsonga and Gasquet have beaten Federer on clay.It wont have a big impact on the result, the 12th-ranked Tsonga said of the surface. All the players that will be involved are capable of playing well on all surfaces.Switzerland reached the final only once before, losing in 1992 against a United States team of Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, John McEnroe and Pete Sampras. Nivaldo Rodriguez Jersey .com) - Robert Upshaw made a putback jumper to put 17th-ranked Washington ahead with 1:27 remaining in the game and the Huskies held on to beat Eastern Washington 81-77 on Sunday. Bob Watson Jersey . -- LeGarrette Blount made one last big splash into a soggy end zone. http://www.customastrosjersey.com/ . Browns owner Jimmy Haslam announced the move with Young on Monday during a speech at a Pro Football Hall of Fame luncheon.Cooperstown, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio were vvoted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Josh James Jersey. More to follow. ' ' '