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Storm Sanders dispatched Alison van Uytvanck 6-2 6-2 and Ajla
Tomljanovic rallied from a set and a break down before Elise
Mertens retired injured trailing 4-6 6-4 3-0 to earn Australia
their second Group B win.
Sanders returned to court and teamed up with Sam Stosur to see
off Ysaline Bonaventure and Kirsten Flipkens 6-4 6-3 and
complete an Australian clean sweep.
Britain also booked a semi-final spot from Group C after Alicia
Barnett and Olivia Nicholls sealed a surprise 3-0 win over Spain
and they face Australia on Saturday.
Barnett and Nicholls beat Spain's Aliona Bolsova and Rebeka
Makarova 7-6(5) 6-2. Heather Watson defeated Nuria Parrizas Diaz
6-0 6-2 and Harriet Dart earned a surprise victory over Paula
Badosa 6-3 6-4.
Canada crushed Italy 3-0 after Bianca Andreescu and Leylah
Fernandez claimed impressive singles victories to get their
campaign off to a perfect start.
Andreescu overturned a 5-2 deficit in the first set and battled
back from 2-0 down in the second to beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto
7-6(3) 6-3 and Fernandez thrashed Martina Trevisan 6-0 6-0 in 44
minutes.
Fernandez carried that ruthless streak into the doubles, joining
forces with Gabriela Dabrowski to beat Lucia Bronzetti and
Jasmine Paolini 6-1 6-1.
Canada will take on Switzerland, who swept Italy 3-0 on
Wednesday, in their final Group A tie on Friday, with the
winners advancing to the semi-finals.
Czech Republic won the deciding doubles against in Group D over
Poland and will play the United States on Friday for a place in
the last four.
Katerina Siniakova and Marketa Vondrousova outclassed Polish duo
Katarzyna Kawa and Magda Linette 6-2 6-3.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru,Editing by Toby Davis
and Ed Osmond)
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