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Billie Jean King Cup Finals: Great Britain's 'underdogs' inspired in Glasgow by past experience

Great Britain are drawing on past success - as well as some good coffee and humour - to inspire them as they seek to outperform their underdog tag at this week's Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Glasgow.

Without the injured Emma Raducanu, Anne Keothavong's side - who only qualified as hosts - have been weakened for the 12-team World Cup of women's tennis, which starts on Tuesday.

But they are not the only ones without their top player - Polish world number one Iga Swiatek and American world number three Jessica Pegula are absent, while other leading players are missing because their countries did not qualify or are banned, leaving just five of the world's top 20 players at the tournament.