Tennis: France stay alive in Davis Cup final after doubles win
By Martyn Herman LILLE, France (Reuters) – The Davis Cup is entering a brave new world — but it is not leaving the old one quietly. Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert made sure of that with a gripping doubles win that keeps France’s hopes against Croatia alive in the last final to be staged in the event’s traditional format. On a rainy afternoon in northern France, more than 20,000 fans packed into Lille’s soccer stadium to roar Mahut and Herbert to a 6-4 6-4 3-6 7-6(3) win over Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavic. It meant the last head-to-head Davis Cup final...
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