
Monfils, Gasquet to lead France
France captain Guy Forget has called up Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet to face Argentina in next week's Davis Cup semifinal.
France will host Argentina on indoor hard-court in Lyon from Sept. 17-19.
Monfils is enjoying a great run at the U.S. Open where he is set to face Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals after defeating Gasquet in the previous round.
The French team also includes Michael Llodra and Gilles Simon, with the experienced Arnaud Clement picked as a replacement on Tuesday.
Forget is without Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who has just resumed training after an injury layoff, while Julien Benneteau is out for at least six weeks with a wrist injury.
Benneteau's absence will force Forget to change his doubles lineup. Benneteau has been teaming with Michael Llodra with the pair defeating Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round and then Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals.
''I'm going to set up specific training sessions in order to find the pair which will give me the most guarantees,'' Forget said.
France reached the semifinals with a 5-0 win over defending champion Spain. Argentina advanced with a 3-2 victory in Russia. France has won all four previous meetings against Argentina, but the teams have not met since 1982.
