| | MELBOURNE, Australia -- Lleyton Hewitt and Mark
Philippoussis head a seven-man Australian squad selected Thursday
for the Davis Cup tennis final against France in Nice from Dec.
3-5.
Their selection follows the pair's second-round victories in the
Paris Open indoor championship on Wednesday, when Hewitt again beat
his recent Davis Cup victim, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and Philippoussis
downed eighth-seeded Richard Krajicek in straight sets.
Philippoussis returns to the Davis Cup team after missing the
semifinal against Russia in Brisbane in September because of a knee
injury.
Richard Fromberg, Wayne Arthurs, Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge and Sandon Stolle were the other players named.
Australia's top-ranked player, Pat Rafter, is out following
shoulder surgery. | |
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