New British Fed Cup captain Judy Murray has high hopes for her team, which includes veterans Elena Baltacha and Anne Keothavong, as well as teenagers Heather Watson and Laura Robson. Britain will play in a zonal competition in early February against 14 other teams vying for two World Group spots.
"You have to win three matches to get out of your group, and then you need to win another one in the play-off, and there are some very strong teams in there," she told reporters. “On rankings at the moment Great Britain are the fifth highest-ranked team. I think the team to avoid would be Poland, who have a Top 10 player in Agnieszka Radwanska and a specialist doubles team, but I think anybody else who's out there, if our girls are playing well and we have a favorable draw, then I really think anything's possible."
Murray also added that she is excited to work with junior players and to help develop more female coaches. She joked that her new responsibilities might give her two playing sons, Andy and Jamie, a breather. "I think they were delighted I wasn't going to be around to cramp their style quite so much,' she said. "But yes, they were delighted for me."