So, Britain have lost their Fed Cup World Cup Group II play-off in Romania, relegating them back to the Europe/Africa Zone.
It was 1-1 after Saturday’s play, when host skipper Ilie Nastase was prohibited for swearing at the umpire, Johanna Konta and her commander Anne Keothavong.
On Sunday, Simon Halep won 6-1 6-3 against Konta to place Romania in front.
Irina-Camelia Begu then beat Heather Watson 6-4 7-5 as Romania took an unassailable lead before the copies.
Konta was all in tears after Nastase’s direct and, despite the fact that the world number seven still beat Sorana Cirstea on Saturday, she discovered Halep a harder test.
Halep, positioned fifth on the planet, hustled into a 4-0 lead as she took advantage of her dirt court skill and softened to love up taking the main set in 27 minutes.
After that outcome, world number 113 Watson knew she needed to win against 33rd-positioned Begu and she was included in a tight match with a lot of value and dramatization.
There were five breaks of serve in the principal set, which Begu took, yet none in the second until Watson lost the seventh diversion.
The Briton crushed spirit however then lost her serve again at 5-5 and Begu served out for a match that kept going two hours and two minutes to secure triumph for Romania.
England’s Laura Robson and Jocelyn Rae vanquished Simona Halep and Monica Niculescu in the dead elastic.
Konta gave indications of a rebound by breaking Halep and taking a 3-1 lead in the second set, however the Romanian reacted by stunningly taking five recreations in succession to win the match.
Cirstea asserted Konta had “went overboard” by crying in their match yet the British number one has guarded her activities.
The episode that prompted Nastase being rejected on Saturday happened when Cirstea was 2-1 up in the second set.
After Konta and Keothavong had griped of getting out from the group at 1-1, previous world number one Nastase was included in a dialog with authorities in which he utilized foul dialect before verbally manhandling the British player and her skipper.
