Katie Boulter beat Australia’s Olivia Gadecki in straight units to make sure Nice Britain reached the quarter-finals of the United Cup in Sydney.
Boulter knew {that a} straight win in any of the three rubbers towards the hosts would take GB as Group F winners.
Within the first match of the tie, Boulter gained 6-2 6-1 inside 70 minutes to place GB 1-0 up and safe qualification.
Britain beat Argentina 2-1 of their opening match on the occasion on Tuesday.
“I used to be attempting to keep away from all of the calculations of all this however we had been at dinner [former British number one] Laura Robson final evening, and he or she thanked me and informed me I needed to win in straight units,” Boulter stated.
“So I used to be feeling the strain final evening.”
Australia’s Alex de Minaur, Boulter’s fiancee, faces Billy Harris within the males’s singles forward of the combined doubles, however neither end result will have an effect on GB’s progress.
Boulter is scheduled to play within the combined doubles, however De Minaur just isn’t.
Alexander Shevchenko helped Kazakhstan attain the quarter-finals as they eradicated defending champions Germany, who had been with out world quantity two Alexander Zverev on account of a biceps harm.
Poland additionally gained, with Iga Swiatek beating Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic.
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