France Davis Cup captain Arnaud Clement speaks to Richard Gasquet during his match against Roger Federer in the reverse singles on Sunday. Federer won the match to clinch the Davis Cup for Switzerland. - AFP
LILLE, France (Reuters) - Even though they had started the Davis Cup final confident of victory, the defeated France team were forced to concede on Sunday that a Roger Federer-inspired Swiss outfit had simply been too strong for them.
Following the 3-1 defeat, which Federer sealed on Sunday by demolishing Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-2 6-2, the home team were offering no excuses about having to play without their injured number one Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who missed Saturday's doubles and Sunday's reverse singles because of an arm problem.
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