Schuettler provides 1-0 lead over France

Germany’s No. 1 player, Rainer Schuettler, has found his form at the ARAG WORLD TEAM CUP 2009. The Davis Cup player started the tournament’s Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory against the French top player Gilles Simon and thus took the 1-0 lead for the German team against the tournament favourite, i.e. France. After the 1-2 defeat against Sweden, France has already been put on the spot. Düsseldorf (pps)