Marino

Canada has been eliminated from the Billie Jean King Cup Finals after losing 3-0 to the Russian Tennis Federation in their tie on Tuesday in Prague.

World No. 328 Carol Zhao of Richmond Hill, Ont., who subbed in for an injured Francoise Abanda (foot), lost 6-3, 6-1 to No. 28 Daria Kasatkina in the opener.

World No. 148 Rebecca Marino of Vancouver then fell 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to No. 12 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

In the doubles match, Marino and Gaby Dabrowski of Ottawa lost 6-3, 6-1 to Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova.

Canada, which beat France (0-1) on Monday, needed to win the doubles match and have the French team knock off the Russians (1-0) to have any chance of advancing to the semifinals.

Canada is playing without its top two singles players — world No. 24 Bianca Andreescu and No. 26 Leylah Annie Fernandez.