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Coric Apprehensive Ahead of Battle with France
Croatia’s
Borna Coric
has been an absolute stud in Davis Cup action this season. He has clinched both of Croatia’s ties, playing a massive role in helping the nation get to the semifinals for the first time since 2009, but the 19-year-old is carrying a knee injury into this weekend’s tie with France and doesn’t seem confident ahead of his looming matchup with
Richard Gasquet
.
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"My preparations for the tie have been less than ideal because my knee flared up after the Olympic Games in Rio,” Coric said, according to DavisCup.com. “I made the most of the last few days and we will see how it goes. I was in two minds whether to play at all but it’s the Davis Cup semifinal and I just had to take the risk."
Coric says that despite the injury concerns, he’s looking forward to battling it out with France’s Gasquet.
“I would have preferred to play second on the opening day but I am still looking forward to the clash with Gasquet,” he said. “I have never played against him so I have some homework to do in order to come up with the right game-plan.”
France also has its injury concerns ahead of the tie, as
Gael Monfils
and
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
have been ruled out. But
Lucas Pouille
and Gasquet are both inside the Top 20 and plan to put of plenty of resistance against Coric and Marin Cilic.
France also boasts the world’s top-ranked doubles in
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
and
Nicolas Mahut
. The pair will face Ivan Dodig and Marin Draganja.
See the complete draw here:
World Group Play-Offs
16 teams will battle for eight 2017 Davis Cup World Group spots in this weekend’s Play-Offs, and there will be plenty of star-power in those eight ties.
Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer will lead Spain vs. Italy in New Delhi
, while
Kei Nishikori
will be in Osaka where Japan will host the Ukraine.
Young Aussie
Nick Kyrgios
and
Bernard Tomic
will lead Australia against Slovakia in Sydney, while
David Goffin
will lead Belgium against visiting Brazil in Ostend, Belgium.
The other four World Group Play-Off Matchups:
Poland at Germany
, in Berlin
Kazakhstan at Russia
, in Moscow
Chile at Canada
, in Halifax
Switzerland at Uzbekistan
, in Tashkent
Notable Absences
Milos Raonic
will not be in action for Canada.
Stan Wawrinka and Roger Federer
will be out of action for Switzerland. Philipp Kohlscreiber and Alexander Zverev will not play for Germany. Jerzy Janowicz will miss for Poland.
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