MONTREAL -- Eugenie Bouchard lost in singles competition for the second time in as many days as Romania defeated Canada in a Fed Cup World Group playoff tie.

Andreea Mitu defeated Bouchard 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Sunday to give Romania the edge in the best-of-five series. Romania clinched the tie when Alexandra Dulgheru defeated Francoise Abanda 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Mitu, ranked 104th in the world, was a late replacement for 33rd-ranked Irina-Camelia Begu, who was injured in a loss to Abanda on Saturday.

Bouchard, ranked seventh in the world, struggled in both her singles matches in the tie, losing 6-4, 6-4 to Dulgheru Saturday after Abanda's win gave Canada a 1-0 edge.

Abanda faced Dulgheru in the last singles match, while Gabriela Dabrowski and Sharon Fichman were scheduled to face Mitu and Raluca Olaru in a doubles match.

Romania will play in the elite eight-team Fed Cup World Group in 2016, while Canada is relegated to the World Group II division.

Bouchard started the match well, breaking Mitu's serve to take a 5-4 lead then holding her serve to take the first set 6-4.

Mitu was very strong at the start of the second set, breaking Bouchard in her first serving game en route to taking a 2-0 lead.

Bouchard fought back and tied the set but was broken again to fall behind 5-4. The Canadian had three break points in a row in the next game, Mitu managed to saved them all and won second set 6-4.

Mitu broke Bouchard three times in winning the third set, and the match.

Abanda had a strong first set against Dulgheru and continued rolling to a 4-2 lead in the second. Dulgheru then showed her experience by holding serve and breaking Abanda to even the set at four.

The experience factor continued into the third set, when Dulgheru cruised to victory.

Prior to the Bouchard's match, members of the Romanian team said that they were inspired by a well-publicized pre-match controversy which saw Eugenie Bouchard decline to shake her Romanian opponent Alexandra Dulgheru's hand.

Following the victory Saturday, the jubilant Romanian team made light of the incident by pretending to refuse to shake hands with each other.

Bouchard justified her refusal to shake prior to the Fed Cup match, noting that no handshake takes place prior to regular circuit matches.

Bouchard also announced that she would not take part in the upcoming indoor clay-court tournament in Stuttgart Germany next week.

-With files from The Canadian Press