MOSCOW, Sep 15 The Australian tennis team beat the French team in the second match of the group stage of the Davis Cup Final, which takes place in Bologna, Glasgow, Hamburg and Valencia.Davis Cup Finals, Group CDavis Cup Finals, Group C15 September 2022 • start at 17:15FinishedBenjamin BonziFrance1 : 23:66:14:6Alex De MinaurAustraliaGroup C meeting in Hamburg ended with a score of 2-1 in favor of the Australians. Richard Gasquet defeated Jason Kubler (6:2, 6:4), Benjamin Bonzi lost to Alex de Minaur (3:6, 6:1, 4:6), and in doubles, Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell brought victory to the Australian team by outplaying Arthur Rinderknesh and Nicolas Mayut (6:4, 6:4). The Australian team with two victories after two rounds is in first place in quartet C, where the Germans and Belgians also perform. French tennis players suffered a second defeat in a row. In the next round, the Australian team will play with the German team (September 18), and the French — with the Belgian team (September 17). The current winner of the Davis Cup is the Russian team. The team does not participate in the current draw, since in March the International Tennis Federation (ITF) suspended the membership of the federations of Russia and Belarus. Russian and Belarusian athletes cannot participate in team competitions under the auspices of the ITF. The Russians in the Davis Cup Final were replaced by the Serbs.