Japan's Billie Jean King Cup captain Ai Sugiyama hopes to get her team back to the finals of the women's team tennis event by topping the three-team Group A of the qualifiers beginning Friday in Tokyo.Japan last year advanced to the 12-team finals in Malaga, Spain, and lost to eventual champion Italy two matches to one in the last eight.After Friday's opening tie between Canada and Romania, Japan will face Romania on Saturday and Canada on Sunday at Ariake Colosseum.Under the new format for the qualifiers, a tie consists of two singles matches and one doubles match, instead of the four sing…READ FULL ARTICLE