Tsonga, yang mengalahkan petenis nomor dua dua Rafael Nadal di semifinal Australia Terbuka sebelum kalah atas Novak Djokovic di pertandingan final, digantikan Arnaud Clement pada pertandingan yang dimulai Jumat di Winston-Salem, Karolina Utara.
Tsonga, who beat world number two Rafael Nadal in the Aussie Open semi-finals before losing to Novak Djokovic in the final, has been replaced by Arnaud Clement for the tie that gets underway here on Friday.