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Great Britain, the 2025 semi-finalists, had been the underdogs heading into the tie, as they were without four players ranked inside the singles top 100 – Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter, Fran Jones, and Sonay Kartal.<\/p>\n
But they overcame the disparity in ranking and experience to reach the finals for the third year in a row. <\/p>\n
After being broken in their opening service game and slipping to a 3-1 deficit, Dart and Burrage roared back with a run of five games to take the first set.<\/p>\n
All four players struggled with their serves in a topsy-turvy second set, with four consecutive breaks en route to 3-3. Great Britain then made the decisive break in the ninth game before Burrage held her nerve to secure the win.<\/p>\n
“They’re two great players. They play a lot of doubles and it was our first time playing together,” said Dart.<\/p>\n
“It’s crazy actually because we played pretty well and to be able to make the finals is just kind of surreal.”<\/p>\n
Great Britain are the second team to qualify for September’s eight-team finals in Shenzhen, joining hosts China, and have reached the last four at the past two tournaments. Losers Australia will compete in November’s play-offs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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