Nice Britain captain Anne Keothavong says the shortage of top-20 gamers on the Billie Jean King Cup is “a tennis downside, not a participant downside”.
Solely three of the world’s top-20 will compete on this week’s qualifying rounds, with Poland’s Iga Swiatek and American trio Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff and Madison Keys amongst these absent.
World quantity two Swiatek withdrew final week, saying she wanted time to “concentrate on myself and my coaching”.
Britain, in the meantime, are with out Emma Raducanu, who has opted to coach and “take care of her physique” after her Miami Open quarter-final run in her seventh occasion of the yr.
The highest groups in every round-robin group will advance to September’s eight-team finals in Shenzhen, China.
“It is powerful for each nation to place out their greatest gamers in every tie,” Keothavong advised BBC Sport in The Hague, the place Britain are in a gaggle with Germany and the Netherlands.
“The calendar is simply makes it so tough for gamers, so I am empathetic as to how they’re.
“The tennis circuit is brutal – you go from one week to the following and there is not a lot time to relaxation and get well.
“You’ve got to try to decide and select your moments, nevertheless it’s not a participant downside – it is a tennis downside.
“One among as of late possibly everybody can work out an answer and work collectively.”
