Sonay Kartal and Katie Boulter mislaid their respective singles matches arsenic Great Britain were beaten by a beardown Czech Republic broadside successful the Billie Jean King Cup quarter-finals.
Anne Keothavong's squad headed into the necktie arsenic underdogs, with each 5 Czech players placed higher successful the singles rankings than immoderate of the British squad.
Sonay Kartal produced a gritty show arsenic she returned to tennis aft six months retired with a little backmost injury, but fell to a constrictive 7-6 (7-2) 4-6 6-4 decision successful a marathon three-hour brushwood with Marie Bouzkova.
Boulter could bash small to get Britain backmost into the best-of-three necktie arsenic she was outplayed 6-2 7-6 (7-3) by Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova.
It was a 2nd successive nonaccomplishment for Boulter astatine the hands of a Czech player, coming conscionable 3 weeks aft a 58-minute demolition by Karolina Muchova astatine the US Open.
It is the archetypal clip since 2023 that Britain person failed to scope the semi-finals astatine the Billie Jean King Cup and their hold for a maiden rubric volition spell connected for different year.
The Czech Republic, who are 11-time winners of the tourney and the lone squad boasting 2 top-10 players astatine the Finals, volition look either Kazakhstan oregon Spain successful Friday's semi-finals.
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