After the defeat in two sets of Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in doubles against Matt Ebden and Max Purcell (7-5, 6-3), the Blues, winners of Switzerland (3-0) on Tuesday, will face the Grande -Brittany, Sunday in Manchester, with the hope of finishing among the first two qualifying places for the final Davis Cup tournament in November in Malaga, Spain.
Before the doubles setback, Adrian Mannarino (34th in the world) had put France in the lead by dominating Purcell (43rd), 7-6, 6-4, but Alex De Minaur (12th in the world) had allowed Australia, outgoing finalist , to pick up the score by dominating Ugo Humbert (36th), 7-6, 6-3.
