In addition to Australian Open quarter-finalist Monfils, Adrian Mannarino was called up in singles, as well as doubles specialists Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.
A month before this meeting, Sébastien Grosjean still has the possibility of calling a fifth player.
"It's in the plans," he said.
"I saw all the matches in Australia. (Monfils and Mannarino) were the two players who stood out in Melbourne", explained Grosjean during a videoconference on Friday.
"There are now a few weeks indoors, in the same conditions as in Pau. We will see the evolution of the players," he added.
The captain of the French team Sébastien Grosjean congratulates Adrian Mannarino, after his victory against the Czech Jri Vesely, in the 2nd single of the Davis Cup, on November 25, 2021 in Innsbruck JOE KLAMAR AFP / Archives
Gaël Monfils, 16th in the world, was curtly eliminated Thursday as soon as he entered the competition Thursday in the Montpellier tournament by the Swede Mikael Ymer, 6-1, 6-2 in less than an hour.
He had last week reached the quarters in Melbourne, only losing in 5 sets against the Italian Matteo Berrettini (6th).
His poor performance in Montpellier does not worry the Davis Cup captain.
"He had a slightly later arrival (note: because of the Australian Open). He also had to do his third dose of vaccine. I'm not at all worried, he will recover", explained Grosjean.
Gaël Monfils, during his defeat (6-1, 6-2) against the Swede Mikael Ymer, as soon as he entered the running at the Open Sud de Montpellier, on February 3, 2022 Pascal GUYOT AFP
Twelve countries must qualify for the final stages via a play-off, to which are added four countries, directly qualified: the finalists of the last edition Russia and Croatia, as well as two guests, Great Britain and Serbia.
During the 2021 edition, France, with a rejuvenated group, had been eliminated at the end of November from the group stage, having been unable to finish among the two best second of the six groups.
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