Summary

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  • France beat Great Britain 3-1 in Billie Jean King Cup qualifier in Coventry

  • GB's Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nichols beat France's Kristina Mladenovic and Clara Burel in doubles but hosts had already lost the tie

  • Earlier: Harriet Dart (GB) loses 6-1 6-7 (10-12) 6-1 to Caroline Garcia (FRA) in opening singles rubber of day two

  • GB had trailed 2-0 after Friday's opening singles

Live Reporting

Michael Emons and Jess Anderson

  1. Ohhhhh, Harriet Dart can't believe it. She whips a forehand into the back corner and she thought it was in but it's just sneaked out, 7-7.

  2. Harriet Dart, wow! Superb shot and she roars and waves her arms to the crowd, 7-6.

  3. Jonathan Jurejko
    BBC Sport at Coventry Arena

    Suddenly the atmosphere changed when Harriet Dart earned that set point. Belief was back.

    Dart was punished for a weak second serve by Garcia, but the place erupts again when she earns a second chance.

  4. I can't watch, but I have to.

    We're level at 6-6. Who has got a moment of magic?

  5. Peter Odgers
    BBC Sport commentator

    It has been a scrappy tie-breaker, both players struggling to find their first serves.

  6. Woah! Where did that come from? Harriet Dart attacks the forehand and all of a sudden the tables have turned and it's 6-5 in favour of the Brit.

  7. Now now.

    Is there another twist to come in this tale? 5-5.

  8. Harriet Dart has struggled on the serve in the tie-break. Caroline Garcia whips the return over and nothing the Brit can do about that, 5-4.

    France on the brink.

  9. Caroline Garcia hammers her shot into the court after a lengthy rally, 4-4.

  10. After a fault on her first serve, Caroline Garcia sends a forehand sailing out of court, 4-3. After some spectacular serving in the second set Garcia is struggling now.

    Over to Harriet Dart to serve.

  11. Ace down the T from Caroline Garcia, back level, 3-3.

    Garcia seems stressed, sipping water and chatting with captain Julien Benneteau.

  12. Caroline Garcia whips her return down the line but it's way out, 3-2 to the Brit.

  13. Maybe not. Big forehand into the corner from the Frenchwoman for 2-2.

  14. Oh wow. Double fault from Caroline Garcia, is the world number five nervous? 2-1 to Harriet Dart and now it's her turn to serve.

  15. Good effort from Harriet Dart, she forces the error from Caroline Carcia to level 1-1.

  16. Not the start Harriet Dart would've wanted, double fault, 1-0 Caroline Garcia.

  17. Dart 1-6 6-6 Garcia

    Peter Odgers
    BBC Sport commentator

    If you're British, look away now. Harriet Dart's record in tie-breaks this year, won two, lost eight.

  18. Dart 1-6 6-6 Garcia

    Caroline Garcia absolutely dispatches an ace down the T then follows it up with another one into the corner, having gone 15-0 down on her service game.

    We're going to a tie-break, folks.

  19. ‘Three Harriet Darts, there’s only…’

    Jonathan Jurejko
    BBC Sport at Coventry Arena

    Excuse the dodgy photography (I’m blaming the lighting in the arena and zoom function on my camera phone), but you can just about see there are now two super-sized faces of Harriet Dart.

    The cardboard cutouts are being waved right behind the real, human version.

    Coventry ArenaBBC Sport

  20. Dart 1-6 6-5 Garcia*

    Peter Odgers
    BBC Sport commentator

    Night and day from what we saw in the first set and I love that response from Harriet Dart, leaping away, it sends a message that she is ready to go and believes she can win the match.

    It gets the crowd up, and believing and also gets into the mind of Caroline Garcia as well.