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unknown	Posted on Fri Oct 28 2011 9:37am BELGRADE, Serbia -- France rallied from two sets down to stun Serbia in a drama-filled doubles and take a 2-1 lead in the Davis Cup final on Saturday. Indianapolis Colts Gary Brackett Jersey. Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra overcame Nenad Zimonjic and Viktor Troicki and a hostile crowd in Belgrade Arena to triumph 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 and leave France needing only one more win to win a 10th Davis Cup, and first since 2001. Only twice since 1981 has the team which won the doubles failed to win the final, and one of those was France, which blew a 2-1 lead against Russia in 2002 in Paris. "We are leading 2-1, but we still have a far way to go," France captain Guy Forget said. The final, Serbias first, looks set to be decided in the fifth and last rubber on Sunday. Serb star Novak Djokovic will be expected to win under intense hometown pressure -- as usual -- against Gael Monfils in the first reverse singles between the team No. 1s. Djokovic has a 5-0 record against Monfils, including a straight-sets win in their last match in the U.S. Open quarter-finals, and should he win again the final will be decided by the No. 2s. The bespectacled Janko Tipsarevic, who succumbed to nerves and Monfils in the opening singles on Friday, is scheduled to play Gilles Simon. Simon won their only previous match at 2008 Rotterdam in two tiebreakers. But Tipsarevic has recent experience of winning the decisive f
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