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After the victory of France on Sunday in the Fed Cup final, the captain of the team, Julien Benneteau, was the guest of Europe 1. "I am a man and a captain satisfied and happy", has he explained to the microphone of Europe 1. "The objective was to make discover the girls the emotion that can give a victory in Fed Cup, that there was nothing comparable. to do that today on the other side of the world, it's just fabulous. "
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"Today these five girls can proudly proclaim that they are world champions," Julien Benneteau explained. The former professional player returned to the course of the blue: "It was played this year on the format 'history' and we faced Belgium in February, Romania in April in Rouen and finally, the final here in Australia in Perth , against the team of Ashleigh Barty, the world number one ". "This win is really a collective win, because among these five players, there are four who have played singles each time throughout the campaign and they all at one point won a single (one point) for their team, "he detailed.
"What Kristina Mladenovic did is simply incredible"
Asked about the performance of Kristina Mladenovic this weekend, Julien Benneteau welcomed the performance by the first French player. "What she's been doing all weekend is just amazing, being able to beat world No. 1 7-6 in the third set against 13,000 people, there are not a lot of players who are able to do that. " The captain of the France team told the microphone of Europe 1 that he found incredible enthusiasm around the third title of the Blue Fed Cup. "This kind of competition is passionate about tennis, I have never received so many messages on my phone so it shows how much people have been affected by this victory."
The final on the west coast of Australia was the last before the Fed Cup new version, which will now focus around a one-week final round of twelve teams from 2020, in the spring, in Budapest.