Defending champion Canada fell 2-0 to Nice Britain in a quarterfinal tie on the Billie Jean King Cup Finals girls’s tennis event on Sunday.
Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino dropped the primary singles match 6-0, 7-5 to Emma Raducanu. Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., misplaced 6-2, 6-4 to Katie Boulter within the second match.
Marino had 5 aces to zero double faults and received 59 per cent of her first-serve factors. Nevertheless, she didn’t capitalize on any of her seven break level alternatives.
Fernandez had two aces to 9 double faults and received 64 per cent of her first-serve factors. She broke on two of her 5 probabilities, however noticed Boulter break on 5 of her 9 alternatives.
Canada acquired a bye into the quarterfinals because the defending champions earlier than having to face Nice Britain.
Nice Britain will face Slovakia, which defeated Australia 2-0, within the semifinals.
