HEREFORDSHIRE'S Janet McMorran and Matthew Faucher will both represent Great Britain in the Invacare World Team Cup, the Davis and Federation cups of wheelchair tennis.

The event, now in its 16th year, will take place in Paris, France, from July 17-23.

McMorran, from Bromyard, is the British number one and World number eight. She has served on almost all of the Great Britain Women's World Team Cup squads and helped Britain to fourth place, their best result, in 1994, 1995 and 1996.

A relatively successful year thus far on the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour has seen mother-of-three McMorran, aged 50, win both singles and doubles titles at the New Zealand Open and the Polish Open. The Invacare World Team Cup is the latest event in McMorran's build-up to the Paraly-mpic Games in Sydney in October.

McMorran will be joined in the Great Britain Women's World Team Cup squad by British number two Kimberley Dell, from Eastbourne, and Solihull's Kay Forshaw.

All three players were members of the team that competed in the 1999 World Team Cup at Flushing Meadow, New York.

They will be aiming to improve on their 11th placing on that occasion and will face 15 other nations in Paris, including defending champions Australia and nine-time winners the Netherlands.

Faucher, 20, from Hereford, will represent Great Britain in the World Team Cup's inaugural Under-21 competition.

Like McMorran, he is a former winner in the Herefordshire Sports Personality of the Year Awards and is one of the country's brightest young prospects.

The Herefordshire teen-ager is warming-up for the World Team Cup by playing in the French Open this week.

Faucher will be joined in the Great Britain Under-21 team by Shane Everitt-Sharpe, from Leicester, and Kent's Stephen Evans. The trio will face strong opposition from teams from the Netherlands, Germany and the United States.

Immediately following the World Team Cup, both McMorran and Faucher will return home to play in the British Open at Nottingham Tennis Centre.

The British Open is one of only two tournaments on the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour to have Super Series status (equivalent to Grand Slam) and, as such, is wheelchair tennis's equivalent of Wimbledon.