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.
Doubles Day action was 🔥🔥🔥!
Here are the Top 5 shots from an exciting day of action in Lille! pic.twitter.com/K7gSx6EqND— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) November 24, 2018
Le retour aux vestiaires de @p2hugz et @nmahut vainqueurs des Croates. Cette victoire en double prolonge le suspense. Heureux les Bleus ! #CoupeDavis pic.twitter.com/rDcro91VTF
— FFT (@FFTennis) November 24, 2018
France’s @nmahut thinks his win in the doubles could be the turning point in this year’s #DavisCupFinal
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— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) November 24, 2018
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ALIVE AND KICKING!
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