Caroline Garcia makes no mistake with the first service game of the day, needing only three minutes to hold it to 15 to get France up and running early doors.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Coventry Arena

The British players have spoken a lot about how they enjoy the team competition and the contrast of the solidarity to the solitude nature of WTA tour life.

Another difference is having to pick yourself from a defeat less than 24 hours later.

Usually you have more time to stew, reflect and bounce back from a chastening loss.

Not today for Harriet Dart.

Around 18 hours after she lost to Alize Cornet, she is back out and facing the world number five.

"Today is a new day and we have to be ready to play. I take some positives and also have things to work on. I can play a lot better," she said last night.

Peter Odgers
BBC Sport commentator

Every game had it's own story line yesterday it felt like the crowd were also a bit drained in the second match so today if Harriet Dart can get off to a good start it might just give the crowd a lift.

That could be key in shifting the momentum, if she can get the crowd going and quiet the French crowd a little.

Here we go then for day two. It's world number five Caroline Garcia of France against Britain's Harriet Dart, ranked 138th in the world.

British number three Harriet Dart leads the singles players as the highest-ranked player at 138th, with support from experienced pair Heather Watson and Katie Boulter, who are both outside the world's top 150.

Doubles specialists Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls, who won both their group matches on an impressive debut for their nation in Glasgow, are again picked.

Jodie Burrage is ranked as Britain's top women's player behind Emma Raducanu (who misses this event as she is playing in a tournament in Germany) but missed out on selection.

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World number five Caroline Garcia, also ranked inside the top 30 doubles players, is joined by world number 70 Alize Cornet and world number 111 Clara Burel.

Cornet reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open last year and played a key role in France winning the 2019 Billie Jean King Cup, while Burel beat Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in the US Open first round last year.

All three are ranked higher than the British singles players.

Experienced doubles player Kristina Mladenovic - a nine-time major champion and the standout star of France's win four years ago - has also been selected by captain Julien Benneteau.

"They are a very strong team and Garcia is a big weapon," Britain's Katie Boulter said.

"Ultimately, you never know who is going to play and we have to be prepared - which we will be."

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Coventry Arena

More British bunting inside the Coventry Arena than a Jubilee fete.

The temporary stands are decked out in the national colours of the hosts, with lots of Union Jack red, white and blue on the garms of the fans streaming in.

The arena has a capacity of 2,200 fans and the place is a sell-out today.

Sure yesterday's results haven't put off anyone from seeing what is set to be another competitive day.

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Peter Odgers
BBC Sport commentator

When players have a tight loss they want to get back to it straight away and you hope that's the mindset of Harriet Dart right now coming into this.

When you lose your match on tour usually you're going home but here you lose a tight battle and now she's got to be right back on it the next day.

France take a 2-0 lead into day two of the Billie Jean King Cup and here is what is coming up today.

Saturday 15 April:

Two singles rubbers and a potential deciding doubles rubber.

Harriet Dart (GB) v Caroline Garcia (Fra)

Katie Boulter (GB) v Alize Cornet (Fra)

Olivia Nicholls/Alicia Barnett (GB) v Kristina Mladenovic/Caroline Garcia (Fra)

These are the teams that have been picked for this weekend's action.

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Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Coventry Arena

So that's the bad news. Want a good omen?

The last time Great Britain played here in Coventry was a Davis Cup tie back in 2013... and the men's side recovered from 2-0 down to win a best-of-five contest against Russia.

James Ward and Dan Evans won their singles matches on the second day - after Jonny Marray and Colin Fleming revived the team's hopes with a win in the doubles - to seal a historic win.

Can Harriet Dart and company achieve a similarly monumental feat here today?

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Twelve teams will play in the Billie Jean King Cup finals (previously called the Federation Cup and then the Fed Cup) from 7-12 November, although the venue is yet to be announced.

Holders Switzerland and Australia, who the Swiss beat in the 2022 final, have qualified automatically with nine ties going on this weekend to see nine of the other places. Kazakhstan are definitely through, having won the first three points against Poland.

Those matches and the latest scores (each tie is best of five)...

• Spain 2-0 Mexico
• Ukraine 1-2 Czech Republic
• Great Britain 0-2 France
• Canada 1-1 Belgium
• United States 2-0 Austria
• Slovakia 0-2 Italy
• Germany 1-1 Brazil
• Kazakhstan 3-0 Poland
• Slovenia 0-2 Romania

The last remaining spot will be taken by the hosts or a wildcard.

In the finals the 12 teams will be split into four groups of three, with the winners advancing into the semi-finals and then the final.

The nations that lose this weekend will then drop into the play-offs in November to try to earn their places in the qualifiers for next year's tournament.

"Sport can be brutal at times," Great Britain captain Anne Keothavong said. "Both Harriet and Katie should be proud of their efforts, it came down to a few points here and there."

There have been just seven comebacks from 2-0 down in the competition, which was formerly known as the Fed Cup, since the best-of-five format was adopted in 1995.

On day two, there will be two more singles rubbers which Britain must win to ensure the doubles match is needed to decide the tie.

"They've got to keep their heads up, there is no time to dwell and we go again," Keothavong added.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Coventry Arena

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Great Britain face an uphill task to reach the Billie Jean King Cup Finals after losing both singles matches on day one of their tie against France.

Katie Boulter was beaten 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-2) by world number five Caroline Garcia to put France 1-0 up.

Harriet Dart, the highest-ranked player in Emma Raducanu's absence, then lost 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-3) to Alize Cornet.

It means France have a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five tie, which concludes at Coventry Arena on Saturday.

There have been just seven comebacks from 2-0 down in the competition, which was formerly known as the Fed Cup, since the best-of-five format was adopted in 1995.

On day two, there will be two more singles rubbers which Britain must win to ensure the doubles match is needed to decide the tie.

The winners will earn a spot in the 12-nation finals of the women's team event in November.

Let's start with a look back at what happened on Friday...

Hello and welcome along to BBC Sport's coverage of day two of the Billie Jean King Cup tie between Great Britain and France.

We have live coverage of all the action so press the play button at the top of the page to watch our online only coverage today.

What a day of action we saw in the Billie Jean King Cup on Friday.

Great Britain were always the underdogs against France but every one of the five sets played went to a tie-break on a great day of tennis.

However, France edged four of those tie-breaks to claim two victories, meaning GB need to be perfect today if they are to make November's Finals.

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