After the qualification of the Blues this 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 Morettonindicated in a press conference this Saturday in Pau after the qualification of the Blues during the dam against Ecuador (4-0).
France candidate for the Davis Cup in September 2022!
“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, there will be four teams playing from Thursday to Sunday. In my opinion opinion, everything will be played 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”
The current formula is the third in as many editions of this new Davis Cup. Gilles Moretton awaits 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, therefore rather indoors on hard courts. But we have no info on Abu Dhabi so we don’t know. Roland-Garros can be a site […] I am not in the Davis Cup coimission, I am part of the Olympic comission. I was not asked anything, I will find out how it works”
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“I’m not sure that’s the right formula”
“In terms of this Davis Cup, I’m not sure it’s the right formula. I’ve already spoken about it so I’m not changing my mind. There were certainly other avenues to consider. We learn that the remuneration of the players has been reduced with the Covid, due to the problems encountered by the organizer. We are in this particular situation. If there is a think tank on this, I would like to participate.
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