PARIS (AP) " France captain Yannick Noah has replaced Gilles Simon with Jeremy Chardy for the Davis Cup quarterfinal against Britain. Noah said Chardy seemed to have adapted more quickly in training for the series on indoor clay, saying that "it was not an easy choice, but I preferred to make it quite quickly." Simon is ranked 30 and has more experience than Chardy, who is ranked 68 and has played only three Davis Cup matches, winning all three in singles. He's been a part of every adventure since I've been captain," Noah said on Wednesday. France lost the 2014 final to Switzerland and the 2010 final to Serbia and has not won the competition since 2001.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 05, 2017 17:03 UTC