Australia have been knocked out of the Billie Jean King Cup and will say farewell to captain Alicia Molik despite one final, stirring rescue operation by the indefatigable Storm Hunter.
Molik's final act in Spain after a distinguished decade of leadership was to listen to the number crunchers and learn, agonisingly, that Thursday's 2-1 victory over Kazakhstan - courtesy of two more Hunter wins - was, mathematically, not quite enough to keep their hopes alive.
She was still not sure, an hour after the victory in Seville, whether her side were definitely out or could still sneak through to the semi-finals by winning their three-team group.
