Dart and Burrage send GB to BJK Cup finalsImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, World number 173 Harriet Dart (right) was the highest-ranked player in Great Britain’s teamByElizabeth BotcherbyBBC Sport journalistPublished36 minutes agoHarriet Dart and Jodie Burrage won their doubles rubber in straight sets to send Great Britain through to September’s Billie Jean King Cup finals with an impressive 3-0 win against Australia.Dart and Burrage, teaming up for the first time, defeated Storm Hunter and Ellen Perez 6-3 6-4 on Melbourne’s hard courts to clinch the best-of-five qualifying tie.Great Britain had earlier won both of Friday’s singles matches, with 17-year-old Mika Stojsavljevic stunning Talia Gibson – ranked more than 200 places above her – in straight sets on her competition debut before Dart recovered from a set down to beat Kimberly Birrell.
“That feels amazing,” mentioned Burrage. “I’m proud of us for the way that we played, the way that we came out and managed to close that out.”
