France's Forget: Doubles point will be crucial

After the United States and France end the first day of their Davis Cup quarterfinal in Monte Carlo deadlocked at 1-1, French captain Guy Forget said Saturday’s doubles clash between the world’s top-ranked team of Bob and Mike Bryan against Michael Llodra and Julien Benneteau will take on gigantic proportions. Last year, the Bryans split four matches on the ATP Tour with Llodra when the Frenchman was playing with Nenad Zimonjic, and lost the one match they played against Benneteau, who was partnering Nicolas Mahut. The Bryans have only lost two of their 21 matches together in Davis Cup, one of which was to Llodra and Arnaud Clement in 2008.

"Doubles going to be crucial," Forget told Davis Cup.com. "Mike and Bob have a bit of an edge because they are best players and won Monte Carlo a few times, but Michael has won a few Slams and Masters and is one of the best players also. He’s great friends with Julien and they’ve had great runs together in Davis Cup. I think we’ll see great quality and wouldn’t mind witnessing a little upset there."