[薩芬] Injured Safin to lead Russia against France in Davis Cup

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Injured Safin to lead Russia against France in Davis Cup MOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters) - Australian Open champion Marat Safin will lead Russia in this month's Davis Cup quarter-final tie against France despite a knee injury. "Marat is in the team and should play against the French if, of course, his injury would not get worse than it is right now," Russia captain Shamil Tarpishchev told Reuters on Monday. Tarpishchev also named French Open semi-finalist Nikolay Davydenko, 2002 Davis Cup hero Mikhail Youzhny, Igor Andreev and newcomer Teimuraz Gabashvili for the July 15-17 tie on clay at Moscow's Olympic arena. Safin has been troubled by pain in his left knee in the past two months and even contemplated surgery but then decided to carry on. Davydenko, who surprised many tennis experts to reach the last four at Roland Garros, has also been suffering from a wrist injury, forcing him to default from his Wimbledon's second round match against Jonas Bjorkman last month. France captain Guy Forget named French number one Richard Gasquet along with Paul-Henri Mathieu, Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra after Sebastien Grosjean had pulled out because of fatigue. The Moscow tie will be the first meeting between the two nations since Russia edged France 3-2 to clinch their first Davis Cup title in Paris in 2002 when Youzhny came from two sets down to beat Mathieu in the deciding fifth rubber. http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=reu-davisrussia&prov=reuters&type=lgns -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 203.203.34.44