France has three rising prospects in Aravene Rezai, Alize Cornet , and Pauline Parmentier. And currently with world rankings of #58 , #56 , and #54 respectively  , they are indeed  'Trois Filles Pas Comme Les Autre' (Three Girls Like No Other ).

Aravane Rezai, is a 20 year old Persian who had victories over headliners Venus Williams and Maria sharapova leading up to the French Open last year.  She also beat one of the top 3 French players missing Fed Cup this week Tatiana Golovin at the Australian Open last week. A match that was filled with drama but over shadowed by the Lindsay Davenport - Maria Sharapova match. Kind of irony that French coach Georges Goven did not select Aravane as a replacement in the lineup of France's Fed Cup tie against China this week.

Continue reading "Without Top 3 players for Fed Cup, France Still Has Reason To Be Excited In 2008"