Chile travels to Slovakia and Spain hosts Uzbekistan.
The matchups, announced Wednesday, are scheduled Sept. 21-23. With Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi electing not to play, a weakened United States tumbled out of the World Group in February by losing 3-2 in Switzerland. It was the first time since 1993 that the U.S. had lost in the first round but, with home advantage, it should have the strength to overcome India and return to the top 16. Beaten on its favored Wimbledon grass courts by Ecuador last July, Britain probably will have an even-more difficult task in South America, where the home team has choice of surface. The Lapentti brothers, Nicolas and Giovanni, scored the upset 3-2 victory and probably will be Britain's opponents again.