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Gilles Simon, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga take French Davis Cup singles duty
BUENOS AIRES, April 4 () -- Gilles Simon has been tabbed to replace world No. 9-ranked Richard Gasquet for France in this weekend's Davis Cup quarterfinal series in Argentina.The option to replace Gasquet, who has a foot injury, with Simon shows the depth of French tennis. Simon is ranked 13th in the world and France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who was installed in the key lead-off singles position for Friday, is No. 8 in the world.The best-of-five series is to be contested on an outdoor clay court in Buenos Aires, with two singles matches Friday and Sunday and a doubles match Saturday.The winner moves to the Davis Cup semifinals against either defending Davis Cup champion Czech Republic or Kazakhstan.The series in Buenos Aires is to start with Tsonga meeting world No. 71 Carlos Berlocq with Simon to play No. 19-ranked Juan Monaco in the second match.The French doubles team of Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra goes against Argentines David Nalbandian and Horacio Zeballos on Saturday. Sunday's reverse singles has Monaco playing Tsonga first and Berlocq meeting Simon in the finale.France is 5-0 all-time in the Davis Cup against Argentina,Christian Louboutin Clearance, with the most recent meeting coming in the 2010 semifinals. The French have won nine championships. Argentina has never won the Davis Cup but has been the runner-up four times,Cheap Christian Louboutin Shoes, including in 2011.