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The Davis Cup Finals group stage begins this week with Great Britain one of 16 nations trying to make it through to the knockout stage.
Great Britain take on Australia, France and Switzerland in their round-robin group matches at Manchester’s AO Arena.
Andy Murray missed the 3-1 victory over Colombia in February but is back in the squad, alongside Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, Neal Skupski and Jack Draper.
The top two from Britain’s group will advance to November’s knockout stages.
“We can’t wait to play Davis Cup in Manchester in front of a huge home crowd,” Britain’s captain Leon Smith said.
“We have a great team with a lot of Davis Cup experience who will be ready to give it everything in a tough group with Australia, Switzerland and France.”
Murray, who was integral to Britain ending a 79-year wait for glory in the men’s team competition as they triumphed in 2015, was left out of their qualifying win on the Colombian clay.
Smith suggested the surface was not ideal for Murray, who at the time had played just three matches on clay since 2017.
Draper, 21, was the last player to be added following his run to the fourth round of this the US Open, where he lost to Russian eighth seed Andrey Rublev.
Calling up Draper also indicates that Smith will rely on Wimbledon doubles champion Skupski and Evans as his doubles partnership, having overlooked Joe Salisbury, who, along with American partner Rajeev Ram, won a third successive US Open men’s doubles title on Friday.
Britain need to finish in the top two of the four-team group, played from 12 to 17 September, to make it through to the final stages of the competition in Malaga, Spain, from 21 to 26 November.
What is the format?
Four nations received automatic qualification to the Finals group stage – last year’s winners Canada, runners-up Australia and wildcards Italy and Spain.
They have been joined by 12 qualifiers – Chile, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Serbia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.
The nations have been divided into four groups of four. Group A plays in Bologna, Italy, Group B in Manchester, Group C in Valencia, Spain, and Group D in Split, Croatia.
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