Captain Leon Smith says Great Britain are ready to fight favourites France in their Davis Cup quarter-final, despite playing on clay.
Britain beat France at the same stage on the way to the 2015 title, but are without injured world number one Andy Murray for the tie, starting on Friday.
"The French players are obviously more attuned to clay having been brought up on it," Smith told BBC Sport.
"But we are a tough team and we will compete really hard."
Kyle Edmund will face Lucas Pouille in the first match in Rouen on Friday, before Dan Evans takes on Jeremy Chardy - who replaced Gilles Simon on Wednesday - in the second singles match.