France, Feb. 2 -- France's quest for their first Davis Cup crown since 2017 continued on Sunday after the country's top male tennis players beat their Brazilian coutnereparts 4-0 to reach the second round of the 2025 competition.

Following wins on Saturday for Ugo Humbert and Arthur Fils over Joao Fonseca and Thiago Seyboth Wild respectively, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Benjamin Bonzi paired up at the Palais des Sports in Orleans, western France, for their first competitive doubles tie to beat the Brazilian duo Marcelo Melo and Rafael Matos.

Herbert and Bonzi won 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to offer the hosts the decisive point in the best-of-five series. Qualification secured, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard overpowered Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida 6-4, 6-...