Overview
- Great Britain will face Norway on February 5–6 at Oslo’s Nadderud Arena on a hard court.
- Captain Leon Smith also named Cameron Norrie, Jacob Fearnley, Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash to the five-man team.
- Norway’s squad includes Casper Ruud alongside Nicolai Budkov Kjaer, Viktor Durasovic, Andreja Petrovic and Lukas Hellum Lilleengen.
- Draper withdrew from the Australian Open on Boxing Day and has managed only one singles match since Wimbledon.
- The tie’s winner will meet Australia or Ecuador in September in the next stage of qualifying.