Nice Britain will open their Davis Cup qualifying marketing campaign with a visit to Japan, quickly after the Australian Open has completed.
Leon Smith’s facet might be seeded eleventh for subsequent 12 months’s Davis Cup – which can see the Finals transfer from Spain to Italy in 2025 as the ultimate eight nations compete for the title.
Britain have been the eleventh seeds for Monday’s first-round draw, with unseeded Japan chosen for alternative of courtroom for the tie, which might be performed throughout two days – both on January 31 and February 1 or February 1-2.
Nice Britain must negotiate two rounds of qualifying if they’re to progress to that stage.
Ought to Nice Britain beat Japan, they may face Germany – who reached the 2024 semi-finals – or Israel within the second spherical of qualifying.
The Worldwide Tennis Federation (ITF) has introduced that the Davis Cup Finals might be hosted by Italy for the subsequent three years, with Bologna internet hosting the 2025 showpiece.
The Italians will look to defend the Davis Cup for a 3rd successive 12 months because the competitors strikes from Malaga, in southern Spain, onto house soil.
Andrea Binaghi, President of the Italian Tennis Federation, stated: “We are thrilled to have been selected as hosts and look forward to welcoming the best teams in the world to our country next November and for the next three years.”
