France beat Romania 5-0 in Davis Cup

SIBIU, Romania (Reuters) - Michael Llodra and Arnaud Clement won their reverse singles against Romania on Sunday to give France a 5-0 whitewash in their Davis Cup world group, first-round tie.

The former champions will now play holders the United States away in the quarter-finals in April.

"We will not be the favourites (against the U.S.) and therefore we will have the advantage of playing without pressure," said Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

"I know that the Americans will fear us. Richard (Gasquet) has already beaten Roddick and Blake, and along his side, we defeated the Bryan brothers earlier this year.

"They know we have two top twenty players and a top doubles team and that we can play very high quality tennis."

Clement and Llodra had already teamed up in the doubles to clinch the winning third point for France on Saturday, after Tsonga and world number seven Richard Gasquet had won their singles on Friday.

On Sunday, Llodra beat the experienced Andrei Pavel 7-6 7-6 before Clement beat Horia Tecau 7-6 2-6 6-4.