US tennis player Madison Keys secured a decisive point for his side after eliminating home tennis player Pauline Parmentier 7-6, 6-4 in the second single-game reverse. The Keys win put the US ahead of France 3-1 in the Fed Cup semifinals.
After that, the French team saved their face in front of their supporters when Amandine Haase and Kristina Mladenovic defeated US duo Bethanie Mattek Sands and Coco Vandeweghe 6-4, 3-6, 10-6.
The world number 13, Keys who replaced Vandeweghe, got up after trailing 4-1 in the first set and created a decisive break in the ninth game of the second set with two winners in a row.
"Our players played so well, both today (22/04) and yesterday (21/04). We have a very strong team and we are looking forward to what will happen in the final, "said Davis Cup team captain Kathy Rinaldi.
In the previous game, Sloane Stephens gave a 2-1 lead for the United States with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Mladenovic.
US Open champion last season, Stephens played mercilessly against world number 20 Mladenovic in just 54 minutes.
"It's one of the really good matches. You can never anticipate a score like that, but it's really solid, "said Stephens, who presented two points for the US in the Fed Cup semifinals this time.
With the victory, the US increasingly dominates France by 12-2. In the final, the Czechs will host the United States on 10 - 11 November after Petr Pala's side set aside Germany 4-1 in Stuttgart, Germany.
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