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Fed Cup: What's happened during Great Britain's 26-year World Group absence?

Great Britain are bidding to end a 26-year wait for promotion to Fed Cup World Group II this weekend when they take on Kazakhstan.

There will be a best-of-five play-off at London's Copper Box Arena for Britain, who are at this stage for the fifth time in eight years.

Each of those previous ties was played away from home and ended in defeat, keeping Britain in the third tier of women's team tennis.

You'd have to go all the way back to 1993 to find the last time Britain were in the World Group.

Since then, there have been five UK prime ministers, 21 versions of the iPhone, and seven football World Cups.