Romania v France --- Davis Cup : Round 1

Now this is bad luck for the Romanian team. They faced France last year in the same round, and they lost 1-4. Andrei Pavel is a great player when he plays in the Davis Cup, and even better when he plays in front of his home crowd. But he is not as young as he used to be.

France has a great team. They have 7 or 8 players in the top 100 and Romania will rely on places 77 and 78 : Andrei Pavel and Victor Hanescu. The Romanian double is a young team (Mergea and Tecau). They have a great future ahead in the doubles competition, they won in 2007 the double match, bringing the only point for Romania, but even if they repeat their great performance, Romania has almost no chance of winning this one, even tough they play in front of their home crowd.