France's Monfils makes himself available for Davis Cup clash
Irish Sun (IANS) Wednesday 8th February, 2012
World No.13 Gael Monfils has confirmed he will be in the line-up for France's Davis Cup tie against Canada starting Friday after injuring his knee at a domestic tournament last week.
The presence of the 25-year-old, a four-time winner on the ATP Tour, significantly bolsters an already strong French team, currently ranked fourth in the world, that got to the semifinals in last year's Cup where they were knocked out by eventual champions Spain.
"I am pretty good. This morning I felt my knee was alright," Monfils was quoted as saying by Xinhua. He suffered the injury Sunday in Montpellier at the Open Sud de France where he lost in the final to Tomas Berdych.
"As usual, I have a little pain but nothing serious. Hopefully, it will get better during this week but right now I feel great."
French coach Guy Forget will be relying heavily on Monfils and World No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to come through in the singles matches in the first round of the World Group against 14th ranked Canada who are back in the top 16 after a seven year absence.
The 26-year-old Tsonga is in good form after opening his 2012 season with a win in Doha, his eighth career ATP singles title, where he beat Monfils in straight sets.
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