Emma Raducanu is out of Billie Jean King Cup team

Emma Raducanu will not be part of Britain's Billie Jean King Cup squad for their upcoming tie against Sweden. Britain's squad for their upcoming BJK Cup tie against Sweden has been announced with Emma Raducanu absent from the line-up as she continues her recovery from surgery. After failing to make the BJK Cup finals, Team GB must now play for a place in the 2024 qualifiers. Emma is expected to make her return to tennis in 2024, but with the BJK Cup tie taking place on November 11 and 12, there was an outside chance that Raducanu would be ready in time to use the team event to ease back into competition. The 2021 US Open champion has been documenting her recovery journey on Instagram, posting a number of photos from the gym in recent weeks. Raducanu is also signed up for the MGM Macau Tennis Masters in December, an exhibition tournament, which will see her face off against Olympic champion Belinda Bencik. The Brit recently received an invitation to return to the ASB Classic next year, after starting her 2023 season in Auckland. Team captain Anne Keothervong named her four-woman team on Friday, with a squad made up of Britain's top four ranked singles players. I'm delighted that all our strongest ranked players have made themselves available for the Billie Jean King Cup tie versus Sweden next month," she said. We are very excited to have yet another opportunity to play in front of a home crowd, especially at the Copper Box Arena, where the fans were so instrumental in helping get us over the line when we last played there a few years ago. Finally, being able to captain this team is always a huge privilege, and to bring live tennis back to where I grew up, means a great deal to me on a personal level. With Bolta, Burridge, Dart and Watson making the cut, it means that Raducanu has not recovered in time to represent her country.