Great Britain missing out on a first Billie Jean King Cup final for 43 years "stings", but Katie Boulter believes the team are close to ending their wait for glory.

Emma Raducanu put Britain 1-0 up on Slovakia in the Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals on Tuesday in Malaga with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Viktoria Hruncakova.

Italy returned to the Billie Jean King Cup final after beating Poland 2-1 on Monday. Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini defeated Iga Swiatek and Katarzyna Kawa 7-5, 7-5 in the deciding doubles in Malaga.

Great Britain miss out on a place in the Billie Jean King Cup final as Heather Watson and Olivia Nicholls lose the deciding doubles against Slovakia.

Iga Swiatek has just clinched another thriller win at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals as the world No. 2 came back from a set down to beat fourth-ranked Jasmine Paolini 3-6 6-4 6-4 and force a deciding rubber in the Poland and Italy semifinal tie.

Poland will face Italy in their first ever Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals after beating the Czech Republic 2-1 in a hard-fought tie that ended in the early hours of Sunday.

Watch the best shots as Great Britain's Katie Boulter loses 6-2 4-6 4-6 to Slovakia's Rebecca Sramkova to level up their BJK Cup semi-final.

Jasmine Paolini has won her singles and doubles to lead Italy past Japan 2-1 and back into the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup in Malaga.

Poland's world number two Iga Swiatek beat Paula Badosa 6-3 6-7(5) 6-1 to knock out hosts Spain 2-0 and book her country a spot in the Billie Jean King Cup quarter-finals on Friday.

Watch the best shots as Emma Raducanu maintained her record of not dropping a set in this year's Billie Jean King Cup, beating Slovakia's Viktoria Hruncakova 6-4 6-4 in Great Britain's opening semi-final match.