The French team will face Germany, Belgium and Australia in Hamburg in the group stage of the 2022 edition of the Davis Cup (from September 14 to 18), according to the draw made by the organizers on Tuesday in Málaga (Spain).
France, placed among the four seeds with Croatia, Spain and the United States, can be delighted to have avoided in particular Italy of the Sinner-Berrettini generation, and Serbia of the world N.1 Novak Djokovic, respectively in pots 2 and 3. The Blues, led by captain Sébastien Grosjean and eliminated from the group stage in the 2021 edition, qualified for the pools in mid-September, qualifying for the final phase 2022, by dismissing Ecuador 4-0, at the beginning of March in Pau.
Initially selected as one of the four host cities of this group stage with Bologna (Italy), Glasgow (Great Britain) and Hamburg (Germany), Malaga, finally chosen to organize the last phase, with direct elimination, was replaced by Valencia , announced the International Tennis Federation (ITF) before the draw.
Madrid had hosted the first two editions of the new-look Davis Cup, in 2019 and 2021.
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