Katie Boulter did her best to defeat Olivia Gadecki of Australia in straight sets to ensure that Great Britain advances to the United Cup quarter-finals.
The athlete secured the qualification in the opening match of the tie, defeating the Australian 6-2 6-1 in 70 minutes.
Australia went on to win the remaining two matches afterwards.
Boulter’s fiance, Alex de Minaur, won against Britain’s Billy Harris 6-2 6-1. He then teamed up with Gadecki in the mixed doubles category and defeated Britain’s Charles Broom and Olivia Nicholls 6-3 7-6 (7-3) .
However, Britain had beaten Argentina 2-1 in their opening tie in the tournament, and while all three teams in the group finished with the same points, Britain advanced to the final eight because they had won the most sets.
Boulter said: “I’ve been trying to avoid all the stats on all this but we were at dinner with [former British number one] Laura Robson last night, and she thankfully told me I had to win in straight sets… So I was feeling the pressure from last night.”
In a social media post, Boulter shared photos of her United Cup match and remarked: “Happy first day of the year ☺️”
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Source: BBC