GB to face Japan in BJK Cup quarter-finals
Great Britain will play Japan in the quarter-finals of September's Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Shenzhen, China.
The winners will face either the USA or Kazakhstan in the semi-finals, with the other quarter-finals being played between Italy and China and Spain v Ukraine.
The finals feature eight teams competing in a knockout format and will take place between 16-21 September.
Britain qualified by beating the Netherlands and Germany in The Hague last month, with Jodie Burrage and Katie Boulter's superb doubles performance sealing their place.
All ties at the finals will consist of three matches - two singles matches followed by a doubles, and all will be played as best-of-three tiebreak sets.
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