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PARIS -- France captain Amelie Mauresmo kept faith in the same players for the Fed Cup final against the two-time defending champion Czech Republic next week.Caroline Garcia, Kristina Mladenovic, Alize Cornet, and Pauline Parmentier were picked on Wednesday to face the Czechs at home in Strasbourg on Nov. 12-13 on an indoor hard court.The same quartet defeated the Netherlands in the semifinals.The Czechs are bidding for a fifth title in six years, and won the most recent meeting between the teams, in the semifinals last year. France has reached the final for the first time since 2005, and will be bidding for a third title.While the Czechs were favorites, Mauresmo said France was far from daunted.When you compare ourselves to the teams that have been winning this competition, they always have a top-10 player, and one or two players who won a Grand Slam title or made it to a major final, she said. But the rankings reflect a 52-week season. We only need two days.A lot of things can happen over two days and five matches. The girls are capable of raising their level to beat top players.The Czech team features sixth-ranked Karolina Pliskova, two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, Barbora Strycova, and Lucie Hradecka.Its obviously a tall order, Maursemo said. They are not only very strong on paper, but they have also been playing at a very high level in this particular competition.Mladenovic and Garcia, who have featured in every French rubber this year, were cleared to play after the French Tennis Federation lifted their ban in September. The pair was provisionally suspended for damaging the federations image at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, where the players criticized the FTT over a clothing mix-up after their defeat in the first round of the doubles.Mauresmo said she thought about giving a nod to the up-and-coming Oceane Dodin, who won her maiden WTA title in Quebec City in September. 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The Croatian served 21 aces and hit 42 winners against Sijsling, who double-faulted to give Cilic a 4-3 lead in the deciding set. "All the players, they know me and they were really happy to see me and they were really happy that this is over for me," Cilic said. Anze Kopitar Kings Jersey . -- Three close looks at the bucket, three misses. Giannis Antetokounmpo has Greece off and running in the chase for an Olympic basketball berth.The Milwaukee Bucks star scored 16 points Monday as the Greeks began play in their Olympic Qualifying tournament with a 78-53 victory over Iran.The final spots in Rio will be determined this week in the three tournaments. There are six teams in each and the winners will be Brazil bound.There were two games in Turin, Italy, and two in Belgrade, Serbia. Play begins in the Manila, Philippines on Tuesday.Group play continues Tuesday with two games in each tournament.A look at Mondays results:TURIN, ITALYGREECE 78, IRAN 53Antetokounmpo was 7 for 8 from the field in just 19 minutes. The Greeks never trailed, led by as many as 27 points and scored 33 points off 27 Iran turnovers.Former NBA center Hamed Hadadi finished with 16 points for Iran, which shot 38.5 percent.ITALY 68, TUNISIA 41Former NBA No. 1 overall pick Andrea Bargnani had 15 points and six rebounds, and the hosts used a huge third quarter to pull away from Tunisia.Italy broke away from a 32-27 halftime lead by outscoring Tunisia 22-2 in the third quarter. Pietro Aradori added 13 points and Marco Belinelli added 11 for the Italians.The Tunisians were without top player Makram BBen Romdhane because of an ankle injury.ddddddddddddItaly hosts Croatia on Tuesday, while Iran faces Mexico.BELGRADE, SERBIASERBIA 87, PUERTO RICO 81Serbia took control late in the first half, then held off Puerto Rico down the stretch to pick up the win. Nemanja Nedovic scored 14 points, while Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets was one of four Serbians with 12 points and added eight rebounds.The silver medalists in the 2014 Basketball World Cup and favorites to win this group outscored Puerto Rico 20-9 in the second quarter to open a 10-point halftime lead. Serbia shot 50.7 percent from the field.John Holland led Puerto Rico with 21 points.LATVIA 88, JAPAN 48Dairis Bertans keyed Latvias strong start and finished with 20 points in a game that was never close. The Latvians led 26-11 after one quarter and pushed it to 46-23 at halftime.Janis Blums added 17 points for Latvia, which is playing without New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis, the runner-up for NBA Rookie of the Year.Kosuke Takeuchi scored 12 points for Japan.On Tuesday, Puerto Rico plays Angola, and Latvia faces the Czech Republic. ' ' '