Defending champions Italy battled into the Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals with a pair of comeback singles wins against China.
Elisabetta Cocciaretto threw herself to the floor in relief after producing an extraordinary comeback to beat Yue Yuan 4-6 7-5 7-5 in the first singles match in Shenzhen, China.
Cocciaretto was a set and 5-2 down and found herself trailing 4-0 in the decider before somehow rallying to victory.
Yuan twice served for the match but Cocciaretto broke her on both occasions, and won the final five games of the deciding set to give Italy the lead.
"Thanks to my captain, my team, my coach, I came back and fought until the last point," Cocciaretto said.
"We put extra energy in when we play for our flag."