Fed Cup: Konta & Watson get Britain off to winning start

Incredible Britain influenced a triumphant begin to their Fed cup campaign with triumph over Portugal in Tallinn, Estonia.

Heather Watson and Johanna Konta won their separate singles matches, before a straight-set triumph in the copies guaranteed a 3-0 win.


England play their last amusement in Group B against Estonia on Friday and, on the off chance that they top their gathering, will confront a play-off against the champ of Group C.

The champ of that tie will meet all requirements for World Group II play-offs in April. England have not contended in the Fed Cup World Group since 1993 - they achieved the play-off stage in 2017, yet lost 3-2 on the earth to Romania.

Watson commenced the tie with a 6-4 6-1 triumph over world number 796 Francisca Jorge. The 25-year-old went a separate in the main set yet battled back well, before finishing off triumph in one hour 13 minutes.

English number one Konta was similarly pompous of Maria Joao Koehler, beating the 747th-positioned Portuguese 6-1 6-0 out of 49 minutes. Anna Smith and Katie Boulter at that point guaranteed a decisive victory with a 6-0 6-2 prevail upon Jorge and Koehler in the duplicates.