Great Britain's Fed Cup last day win over Kazakhstan watched by 35,300 people on BT Sport... as Judy Murray leads calls for terrestrial TV to show next tie to inspire young generation Great Britain secured victory over Kazakhstan and promotion to World Group II However, their last day heroics were watched by just 35,300 on BT Sport The BBC are understood to have not competed for the rights to showcase that tie However, they would be able to bid to the ITF for Great Britain's next ties
By Laura Lambert For Mailonline
Published: 17:09 BST, 24 April 2019 | Updated: 17:17 BST, 24 April 2019
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Fewer than 40,000 people watched the climax of Great Britain's Fed Cup clash with Kazakhstan on BT Sport on Sunday, painting a worrying picture about whether the opportunity for a home tie to inspire the next generation was wasted.
Overnight figures show that the average audience for the eight-and-a-half-hour programme was just over 6,000, growing to a peak of 35,300 midway through Johanna Konta's match against Yulia Putintseva.
In contrast, the audience for Andy Murray's Davis Cup-winning performance in 2015 attracted an average of three million and a high of five million viewers to the BBC.
