Jodie Burrage and Harriet Dart sealed a 3-0 victory for Nice Britain of their Billie Jean King Cup qualifier towards Australia as they received their doubles match in straight units.
The British duo beat Storm Hunter and Ellen Perez 6-3 6-4 to finish the victory in Melbourne.
Burrage and Dart trailed 3-1 within the first set earlier than reeling off 5 straight video games after the roof on John Cain Area was closed.
After buying and selling breaks early within the second set, the British pair served out the match on the first try and seal victory for Anne Keothavong’s aspect.
“That feels amazing,” stated an emotional Burrage who underwent surgical procedure on a snapped tendon in her wrist and ruptured an ankle ligament final 12 months. “I’m proud of us for the way that we played, way that we came out and managed to close that out.”
Dart added: “It’s crazy actually because we played pretty well and to be able to make the finals is just kind of surreal.”
With Emma Raducanu, Sonay Kartal, Katie Boulter and Fran Jones all absent for GB, Dart and debutant Mika Stojsavljevic, 17, had put them in cost with singles victories over higher-ranked opponents on Friday.
Katie Swan was nominated to play the ultimate rubber towards former junior world No 1 Emerson Jones however a again problem within the second set led to a 7-5 6-3 defeat for the Brit.
Britain have now received their final 4 qualifier rubbers within the Billie Jean King Cup, with victories over France, Germany, Netherlands and Australia.
They transfer on to the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Shenzhen, which takes place in September.
They are going to compete with the opposite six tie winners from the qualifiers in addition to host nation China.
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