Emma Raducanu decides whether to play in Great Britain’s Billie Jean King Cup team

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After a premature US Open exit, Emma Raducanu has made her mind up over playing for Great Britain at the Billie Jean King cup.

Britain made it through to Finals week when they upset France in an away tie on the red clay in Le Portel.

Katie Boulter lost her opening match to Diane Parry before the team stepped things up to win the next three.

Emma Raducanu levelled the tie by fighting back to astonishingly beat Caroline Garcia on the first day.

After Boulter made up for her opening day defeat, Raducanu refused to let Parry do a double over the Brits, winning in a tense third set tie-break and confirming their place in the Malaga last eight.

Emma Raducanu is announced as part of the GB Billie Jean King Cup squad

Team captain and former player Anne Keothavong has revealed her team for the BJK Cup Finals, taking place in November.

British number one Boulter is set to lead the line as the team take on Germany on November 15th for a chance to play reigning champions Canada.

Raducanu and Harriet Dart are likely to be the singles options that join Boulter, while Heather Watson and doubles specialist Olivia Nicholls are expected to combine in the doubles.

Fran Jones was named in the team for April’s clash with France, however looks to have been dropped for the November finals.

Canada, Italy, hosts Spain and wild card Czechia have qualified automatically. The seven other winners of the 2024 Qualifiers besides Great Britain are: Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and USA.

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After Raducanu’s controversial summer of skipped tournaments, along with her recent injury record, the team is of course subject to change.

In fact, BJK Cup rules say that each nation can make up to three changes to their team until the day before their first match.

With British women’s tennis breaking a 12-year record this week, it leaves the door wide open for new players to come through.

Sonay Kartal’s maiden WTA title in Monastir, Tunisia sees her fly into the top 100. After a run to the third round of Wimbledon, Kartal arguably stands as the most in-form player out of the British pack.