Gb's Stojsavljevic, 17, Set For Billie Jean King Cup Debut

Stojsavljevic only took her GCSEs past summer, and was sitting exams successful nan aforesaid week she competed astatine nan WTA arena successful Nottingham successful June.

A postgraduate of nan LTA’s National Academy successful Loughborough, Stojsavljevic is presently studying English Literature and Politics astatine A-Level while competing connected nan ITF World Tennis Tour.

She enjoyed early occurrence past autumn by reaching 3 finals successful a row.

Having vanished runner-up astatine a $35,000 (£26,000) arena successful Tunisia, Stojsavljevic won a tourney of nan aforesaid level successful Birmingham earlier reaching nan last of a $100,000 (£75,000) arena successful Wrexham nan pursuing week.

The world number 275 was named successful skipper Anne Keothavong’s original team, and her chances of playing accrued notably past week erstwhile Sonay Kartal pulled retired pinch a backmost injury.

GB presently has 4 players wrong nan world's apical 100, but nan absence of Emma Raducanu, Kartal, Katie Boulter and Fran Jones makes them dense underdogs for nan tie.

The winners will gain a spot successful September’s eight-team finals successful Shenzhen, while nan losers look a play-off successful November.

Harriet Dart will play Kimberly Birrell successful Friday's 2nd singles, pinch a doubles and 2 reverse singles to travel connected Saturday.

Saturday’s doubles - successful nan John Cain Arena astatine Melbourne Park - will characteristic Australia‘s apical 20 doubles players Storm Hunter and Ellen Perez against Dart and Jodie Burrage, though captains tin make changes up to an hr earlier nan start.

The reverse singles are apt to characteristic Dart against Gibson earlier a imaginable deciding rubber betwixt Stojsavljevic and Birrell.

Katie Swan is besides successful Melbourne pinch nan British team, and Australia could telephone connected a 17-year-old of their own, arsenic Emerson Jones is nan 5th personnel of their squad.