 However, French captain Arnaud Clément stated that the surface would not necessarily be an advantage for France.France started practicing on the court 10 days before the final, while Federer and Wawrinka were playing in London on a hard court.Initially, the French team also evoked the possibility of organizing the final in one of their Overseas Territories to impose a massive jet lag on Federer and Wawrinka, both playing the ATP World Tour Finals in London one week before the Davis Cup final.