ZADAR, Croatia (AP) Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig put Croatia 2-1 ahead in the Davis Cup semifinal against France by upsetting top-ranked doubles pair Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7-6 (6), 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-3 on Saturday.
Cilic, who won his singles on Friday, replaced Marin Draganja and it proved to be an inspired choice.
Herbert, the more inexperienced of France's doubles pairing, sent his volley into the net to hand Croatia an unexpected victory at the Kresimir Cosic Hall in Zadar.
Richard Gasquet now must beat Cilic in the first of Sunday's reverse singles to keep France alive. Gasquet leads the 2014 U.S. Open champion 2-1 in their career head-to-heads.
Pouille is then scheduled to face Borna Coric in what could be Sunday's deciding rubber.
The winner plays Britain or Argentina in the final.
