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Tennis-France and Argentina close in on Davis Cup Final 8 <\/p>\nLONDON, Sept 12 – France moved to the brink of the Davis Cup Final 8 by taking a 2-0 lead over Croatia and Argentina, Austria and Germany are also close to booking their spots in Bologna after also dominating the opening day of their qualifying ties on Friday. <\/p>\n
Tennis-France and Argentina close in on Davis Cup Final 8 <\/p>\n
Debutant Corentin Moutet gave 10-time champions France the ideal start in Osijek by beating home favourite Dino Prizmic 6-4 5-7 6-1 before world number 57 Arthur Rinderknech topped big-serving 2014 U.S. Open winner Marin Cilic 6-4 6-4. <\/p>\n
France will progress if they win any of the possible three rubbers on Saturday beginning with the doubles. <\/p>\n
In Groningen, hosts the Netherlands are hoping to emulate last year’s run to the final, which they lost to Italy, but already have a mountain to climb after losing both singles to Argentina. <\/p>\n
Jesper De Jong was beaten 6-4 6-4 by Tomas Etcheverry before world number 21 Francisco Cerundolo battled past Botic van de Zandschulp 7-6 6-1 to put the visitors in charge. <\/p>\n
Dutch captain Paul Haarhuis said his side will need to be perfect on Saturday. <\/p>\n
“We can’t afford any bad matches tomorrow, it’s a deep hole we’re in,” he said. “But we still have a chance.” <\/p>\n
Austria are well-placed to spring a surprise in Hungary after also moving 2-0 ahead in Debrecen. <\/p>\n
Jurij Rodionov, ranked 158th in the world, gave Austria the lead by stunning 56th-ranked Fabian Marozsan 6-2 6-7 7-5 and Lukas Neumayer then, also ranked outside the top 50, outlasted the experienced Marton Fucsovics 6-3 3-6 7-6. <\/p>\n
Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff, who reached the fourth round of the U.S. Open this month, put his side ahead against Japan in Tokyo with a hard-fought three-set win against Yoshihito Nishioka and Yannick Hanfmann eased past Shintaro Mochizuki. <\/p>\n
The United States are playing a strong Czech Republic in Delray Beach while Spain’s clash with Denmark in Marbella begins on Saturday, as does Australia’s home tie with Belgium. <\/p>\n
Holders Italy are through to the Final 8 as hosts with the seven winners from this weekend’s qualifiers joining them. <\/p>\n
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