The Davis Cup finals group stage is set to kick off this week – and all eyes will be on Great Britain as they attempt to make it from the final 16 to the knockout phase.
The British team is welcoming back Andy Murray, who has returned to the squad alongside Jack Draper, Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans and Neal Skupski – as they make their bid to lift the trophy for the first time since 2015 – with Murray also featuring in the team that time.
However they’ve still got a way to go, with their Group B round-robin matches against Australia, France and Switzerland, as they aim for a place in the knockout stage.
With the group games taking place at Manchester’s AO Arena, it’s set to be unmissable viewing for tennis fans.
‘We can’t wait to play Davis Cup in Manchester in front of a huge home crowd,’ said British captain Leon Smith.
‘We have a great team with a lot of Davis Cup experience who will be ready to give it everything in a tough group with Australia, Switzerland and France.’
But if you can’t make it to Manchester, how can you watch it on TV in the UK?
How to watch the Davis Cup on TV in the UK
The Davis Cup will be broadcast in the UK both on the BBC as well as the Tennis Channel International’s Pay TV.
You’ll be able to watch all of Team GB’s group stage matches via the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.
The first of these is on Wednesday September 13 when Great Britain takes on Australia – with play starting at 1pm.
The British team’s match against Switzerland will be shown on Friday September 15 while Great Britain takes on France on Sunday September 17.
Both of those matches will also get underway at 1pm.
If you want to see other matches taking place in the Group of 16 stage you can tune in via The Tennis Channel – which you can stream via the app, online, FireTV or Apple TV Plus.
The service costs £2..49 a month, although there is also a seven-day free trial currently on offer.
How does the Davis Cup work?
The tournament sees four teams automatically qualify for the final stage – this year it’s 2022 champions Canada, runners-up Australia plus Italy and Spain as wildcards.
A further 12 teams have qualified, who are as follows:
- Chile
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Finland
- France
- Great Britain
- Netherlands
- Serbia
- South Korea
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- USA
These are in turn divided into four groups of four – with other group matches taking place elsewhere – Group A playing in Bologna, Group C in Valencia and Group D in the Croatian city of Split.
There are two singles and one doubles match in each tie, with the top two from each group making it to the next round.
The knockout stages will take place in November.
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