SA to face Bulgaria in Davis Cup

South Africa's tennis team has been being drawn against Bulgaria for their Davis Cup World Group II tie later this year.

The South Africans missed out on promotion to the World Group I after losing a playoff to Israel in Ashdod earlier this month.

The tie against Bulgaria is also away from home and will be a tough encounter for the SA team.

"We will have to go and play away once again, and Bulgaria has a tough player currently ranked No 29 in the world, Grigor Dimitrov, so he will have a tough battle against (world No 44) Lloyd Harris," SA captain Christo van Rensburg said in a statement.

"They also have another player ranked in the top 200 (Dimitar Kuzmanov)."

But Van Rensburg is confident his squad will put up a fight.

"I will always back my horse, and from now until September it will be my job to go and find out who will be available for the tie," he said.

"We will wait to find out on what surface they are playing and put a team together probably about a month before this challenge."

South Africa and Bulgaria have played once before in Davis Cup - in 2019 in Cape Town when the hosts won 4-1.

The Davis Cup World Group II tie between South Africa and Bulgaria will be played at a yet-to-be-determined venue in Bulgaria.

The scheduled dates are either 16-17 or 17-18 September.