LYON, France: France rubber-stamped their Davis Cup final place in style by completing an emphatic
5-0 victory over Argentina in their semi-final here on Sunday.
Leading 4-0 after Gilles Simon's 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (6/8), 6-3 defeat of Eduardo Schwank earlier in the
day, France secured the whitewash when Arnaud Clement beat Horacio Zeballos 7-5, 6-1 in the final
singles rubber.
It was France's second straight 5-0 win in the competition, following a quarter-final demolition of
defending champions Spain.
They also defeated Germany 4-1 in the first round.
France will face either Serbia or the Czech Republic, who meet in Belgrade this weekend, in the
Davis Cup final on December 3-5.
Sunday's two singles matches were rendered dead rubbers by the straight sets victory of Clement and
Michael Llodra against Schwank and Zeballos in Saturday's doubles match, which gave France an
unassailable 3-0 lead.
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