Scenes from France's Fed Cup final win over Australia

Nov 10, 2019
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Scenes from France's Fed Cup final win over Australia

Published Nov 10, 2019

France pulled off a dramatic win to beat Australia in the Fed Cup final on Sunday.

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Playing on home turf, Day 1 saw Ajla Tomljanovic get drubbed in her Aussie debut, 6-1, 6-1 , by Kristina Mladenovic. Ashleigh Barty responded by dismantling Caroline Garcia, 6-0, 6-0.

On Sunday, Mladenovic scored the biggest win of her career (though her second win over a world No. 1 this season) to upset Ashleigh Barty, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1).

Then Tomljanovic redeemed herself with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Pauline Parmentier.

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With everything on the line, Mladenovic teamed up with Garcia (all their bad blood seemingly washed away) to seal France's first Cup since 2003, and third in history, over Barty and Samantha Stosur, 6-4, 6-3.

The world took notice.

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The weekend marked the last Fed Cup final in the original format, with a new system coming into place in 2020.