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Britain get Portugal, Netherlands and Israel

ESPN staff
January 9, 2012
Elena Baltacha will lead Team GB in Eilat next month © Getty Images
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Judy Murray's British team has been handed a favourable draw for their Fed Cup clash in Israel next month.

Murray has named a strong squad for her first tie as captain, and her side, consisting of Elena Baltacha, Anne Keothavong, Heather Watson and Laura Robson will face Israel, Netherlands and Portugal in their Europe/Africa Zone Group I clash in Eilat next month.

Murray said last month if Britain could avoid playing Poland in the 15-nation event, she believed her side were capable of securing promotion into the World Group this year.

When the Fed Cup groups were announced, Murray responded on her Twitter page: "Bring it on!," she wrote.

While Britain boast currently boast two players ranked in the world's top 100 (Baltacha and Keothavong), Netherlands have just one - world No. 79 Arantxa Rus. Portugal's top-ranked player Michelle Larcher De Brito is ranked at No. 148.

World No. 37 Shahar Peer is Israel's top player, but there are more than 170 places between Peer and Israeli No. 2 Julia Glushko.

Pool A: Estonia, Austria, Bulgaria
Pool B: Sweden, Hungary,Greece, Bosnia/Herzegovina
Pool C: Netherlands, Great Britain, Israel, Portugal
Pool D: Poland, Romania, Croatia, Luxembourg

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