Great Britain’s Katie Boulter came up agonisingly short of the biggest victory of her career as world number five Caroline Garcia prevailed in an epic tussle to put France ahead in the Billie Jean King Cup qualifier in Coventry.
Boulter has shown many times that she is capable of playing well above her ranking – currently down at 154 – on the big stage and she did so again here, winning the opening set and trading blow for blow with one of the world’s best players.
