Billie Jean King Cup

Britain's Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls were pipped in the deciding doubles match after the sides split singles victories in the best-of-three tie.

They finish the 2022 season on an extremely positive note, particularly Dart, Barnett and Nicholls, with the hope that there is even more to come in 2023. Down 3-6 in the deciding match tiebreak, the British duo looked for one last recovery, dragging themselves back to 6-6. Although they squandered them, they fought through the second-set tiebreak, with Nicholls pulling off a brilliant reflex volley to take the set. After holding a set point at 6-5 in the first set before losing a one-sided tiebreak, they recovered in the second to generate two further set points on their serve. Even after relinquishing a 5-2 first-set lead, Dart continued to trust her offence and she played a brilliant match to keep her team alive. In the opening encounter, Heather Watson was unable to replicate her earlier form as she fell 6-4, 7-6 (3) to an inspired Storm Sanders.