Britain face deciding doubles to reach BJK Cup final

Great Britain's hopes of reaching the Billie Jean King Cup final for the first time since 1981 rest on the outcome of a deciding doubles after Katie Boulter lost her singles match against Slovakia.

British number two Emma Raducanu put her team in command with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Viktoria Hruncakova in Tuesday's semi-final.

Boulter looked to secure their place in Wednesday's final by beating Slovakian number one Rebecca Sramkova afterwards.

But Britain's leading singles player lost 2-6 6-4 6-4 as the best-of-three tie went the distance.

Heather Watson and Olivia Nicholls have been called upon for the first time this week, taking on Slovakian pair Hruncakova and Tereza Mihalikova.

Italy, who…