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  "id": 18712433,
  "title": "Monfils named captain of France’s Davis Cup team",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/monfils-named-captain-of-frances-davis-cup-team",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T12:28:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/sports/2026/11/07/monfils-named-captain-of-france-s-davis-cup-team"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Gael Monfils, a 40-year-old former tennis player who recently retired after a 22-year career, has been appointed as the new captain of France's Davis Cup team. Monfils, who won 13 ATP titles during his playing career, succeeds Paul-Henri Mathieu, who had held the role for three years. In a statement, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) noted that Monfils will bring his extensive top-level experience to the team. Monfils expressed his pride at becoming the captain of the French national team, stating that he wants to build a collective project and create momentum for the team to win titles together.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Monfils to captain France at Davis Cup",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/monfils-to-captain-france-at-davis-cup",
        "published": "2026-11-07T11:46:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Gaël Monfils named captain of France's Davis Cup team",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/gael-monfils-named-captain-of-frances-davis-cup-team",
        "published": "2026-11-07T12:49:42.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}