Boulter & Raducanu in GB team for Billie Jean King Cup

Katie Boulter and Emma Raducanu person some been named successful the British squad for November’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals.

Harriet Dart, Heather Watson and doubles specializer Olivia Nicholls implicit the five-woman squad for the contention successful Malaga from 13-20 November.

GB qualified for the knockout signifier courtesy of an unlikely triumph implicit France connected an indoor clay tribunal successful Le Portel successful April.

Raducanu - successful conscionable her 2nd quality for her state - levelled the necktie by warring backmost to bushed Caroline Garcia connected the opening day.

After Boulter had beaten Clara Burel successful the archetypal Saturday singles match, Raducanu won the necktie for GB by beating Diane Parry successful a third-set tie-break.

The squad could look rather antithetic travel November, arsenic skipper Anne Keothavong tin marque arsenic galore arsenic 3 changes up until a time earlier GB’s first-round lucifer against Germany.

Both signifier and fittingness are unpredictable, and Sonay Kartal is 1 with a accidental of pushing herself into the team.

The 22-year-old won her maiden WTA title successful Tunisia astatine the weekend, and has risen much than 200 places successful the rankings successful conscionable 2 and a fractional months to go the 4th British subordinate successful the WTA apical 100.

If GB are capable to bushed Germany, they would look defending champions Canada successful the quarter-finals.

"Our squad person created fantabulous memories implicit the past mates of years and volition relish the accidental successful November,” Keothavong said.