Great Britain narrowly missed out on a 5th place finish in  their Europe/ African Zone Fed Cup group as they lost 2-1 to Netherlands in Lisbon.

Anne Keothang recently back from a knee injury recovered from a 3-0 first set deficit to beat World No 397 Chayenne Ewijik 7-6 (5), 6-3 and secure a 1-0 lead for GB.

In the 2nd singles rubber Katie O’Brien went down to Dutch No 1 Arantxa Rus.

In the deciding doubles Sarah Borwell and O’Brien were comfortably beaten 6-4, 6-2 by Nicole Thysson and Richel Hogenkamp.  GB Captain Nigel Sears said “they had come here to win the group and gain promotion and finishing 2nd was  frustrating but they had lost to a good team”.