Mahut, Herbert give some hopes to France in the Davis Cup final against Croatia

Nicolas and Pierre-Hugues win the doubles on Saturday

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Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert keep Team France alive.

What happened?

Team Croatia got a strong 2-0 lead on Friday against the French team after Borna Coric and Marin Cilic dispatched in straight sets Jeremy Chardy and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (that ended up in tears).

Eventually, Mahut and Herbert had to step in on Saturday and they defeated 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(3)  Mate Pavic and Ivan Dodig.

The Croatian team looks to be still very much in charge as it is leading 2-1 before the final matches on Sunday and with a “theoretical” upper hand on both matches. In fact, Cilic is definitely the favorite against Chardy (would Pouille be a better choice?) and Coric should be the favorite against Tsonga.

 

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