Melbourne, Nov 20: Woodbridge said there were few differences for Australia between this final and the last one against France in 2001 which Australia lost amid controversies over team selections.
He said the Australians would be better positioned this year to face a European nation -- and one with two top 10 players in Juan Carlos Ferrero and Carlos Moya.
"Coming into this one, I just think that our team has got good preparation this time around," he said. "Lleyton's very fresh, Mark could have had a few more matches but he played very well in Europe and Wayne and I individually have played a lot of matches and played good tennis this year.
"Our team's in shape, it just has to fall our way."
Woodbridge said Australia's chances were "the same" as in 2001 but they would be approaching the tie in a different manner, one more in line with the plan which gave Australia victory over Switzerland in the recent semi-final.



"I think this time around, if everyone stays fit and healthy, we have the same approach as what we had in the semi-final, we have a bit of a game plan ... We'll go the same way.



"If it works that way, it would be the perfect scenario," he said.


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