Great Britain missed out on a place in the Davis Cup semi-finals when Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski lost the deciding doubles in a high-quality quarter-final against Germany.
Salisbury and Skupski were beaten 7-6 (12-10) 7-6 (7-5) by German pair Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz in Innsbruck.
The Britons missed four set points in the first tie-break and let a 5-0 lead slip in the second.
Germany will play the Russian Tennis Federation or Sweden in the last four.
Krawietz and Puetz clinched victory for Germany in the best-of-three tie against Britain after the two teams shared wins in the singles.