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and a loss will see them drop into something called Europe/Africa Zone Group III - for the uninitiated, that's tennis' equivalent of Hades, except with angry journalists instead of three-headed dogs. And all posing that age-old question: "Why aren't we any good at tennis?"

So to freshen things up a bit, and in an attempt to add some perspective to the debate, allow me to pose a different question: does it actually matter that Britain isn't any good at tennis? And how many in Britain actually care?

There are plenty of sports Britons are pretty handy at at the moment - , , , and to name a few. Then there are the sports we're not so good at, at the moment, but given our tradition probably should be, football and rugby union chief among them.

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