After the qualification of the Blues on Saturday in Pau, for the final phase of the Davis Cupthe president of the FFT, Gilles Moretton announced that France was a candidate to host one of the four groups in September. VSe will be from September 14 to 18 and for the moment, no place is yet stopped but Roland-Garros could hold the rope. Gilles Moretton, said at a press conference on Saturday in Pau after the qualification of the Blues during the dam against Ecuador (4-0). However, according to information fromRMC SportFrance would be behind its “adversaries”.
France candidate for the Davis Cup in September 2022!
Already, because she would have applied after the deadline, which was February 18, but also because Roland-Garros is outdoor and indoor hard work is required. Not easy to play at the Accor Arena with its programming. Another obstacle: holding a padel tournament at Roland… The competition is fierce since New York, Glasgow and Bologna have already placed themselves. The Spaniards also mentioned a potential candidacy this weekend. Not easy for France.
Gilles Moretton, Saturday: “France will apply for the organization of group matches”
The president of the federation was clear, France wants to host this phase : “I had the information that after the qualifying phases, there would be the possibility of applying. France will apply for the organization of group matches. We are awaiting the specifications for this new phase. We will not be the only ones, the sixteen teams can apply. It’s the third formula in three years, we’re going to discover how it works. It’s over four days (Editor’s note: five in fact). In my opinion, everything will be playing on the same court, we will need training courts. The final phase will be in Abu Dhabi, there it is not sure that we will play next door, there are 16 candidates…”
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“Roland-Garros can be a site” thought the president of the FFT
The current formula is the third in as many editions of this new Davis Cup. Gilles Moretton awaited specific instructions for his application: “I spoke about it in the league president’s council. There will be a call for room applications, as we did here (in Pau). It would have to be the same surface as that of the final phase, so more indoors on hard courts. But we don’t have any info on Abu Dhabi so we don’t know. Roland-Garros can be a site […] I am not in the Davis Cup commission, I am part of the Olympic commission. They didn’t ask me anything, I’m going to find out how it works.”
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