Bartoli 9 Year End Dispute

French tennis player Marion Bartoli.

PARIS, Kompas.com - French number one Marion Bartoli finally willing to reinforce negaraya Fed Cup team after an absence of nine years.

Bartoli, 28, will strengthen the French face German team in the World Group II first round in Limoges, 9-10 February.

World number 10 the world will join together Alize Cornet, Kristina Mladenovic, Pauline Parmentier and Virginie Razzano under captain Amelie Mauresmo.

Bartoli refused to play with the French team after the 2004 final. At that time he asked for exclusion of coach and father, Walter. But the demand can not be met.

According Mauresmo, Bartoli knocked him talking after the Australian Open and expressed his desire to join. "Marion came after losing in the third round of the Australian Open with the hope of returning with the French team. He said he is ready to overcome all the problems."

"I assure you, Marion's father will not be with him in the days of our preparations," said Mauresmo during the Paris Open. "The family and the coaches can come on Thursday evening to support the players," said Mauresmo again.

France won the Fed Cup in 1997 and 2003 when Mauresmo still a mainstay of the team players.

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