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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga reopened the Davis Cup file at his own tournament. Aged 41 and retired since the 2022 French Open, he told RMC Sport<\/a>, during the Grand Prix Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes he owns at the LDLC Arena in Lyon-D\u00e9cines (18 to 25 October), that he wants to become France’s Davis Cup captain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Holy Grail is playing for France\u201d<\/h2>\n

\u201cThe Holy Grail is playing for France and passing on what you have experienced, trying to take a group to the top and helping them grow, all of that,\u201d he told Eric Salliot. \u201cTo call it a dream would be a big word, it doesn’t keep me up at night,\u201d he adds. The desire goes back a long way: \u201cwhen you have had that in your blood [\u2026] I did it all through my career.\u201d<\/p>\n

An occupied seat, a weakened captain<\/h2>\n

The job is not vacant. Paul-Henri Mathieu has held it since November 2023, after two years as the French federation’s high-performance director, and his record stands at five wins and four defeats<\/a>. The same outlet describes him as weakened by three campaigns that fell short, to the point of writing that he \u201cmight not survive\u201d. Tsonga had already applied three years ago, and his candidacy was rejected over possible conflicts of interest with his academies.<\/p>\n

On the job itself, he already has a conviction: \u201cYou have to be able to leave your best player out. Yannick Noah made choices nobody understood [\u2026] But who won the Davis Cup twice? Who is our greatest captain?\u201d Nothing is official for now: no formal candidacy this year, no end of mandate announced, no successor named.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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