match point

The guttural roar which greeted her winning crosscourt forehand on match point indicated Raducanu's satisfaction, as did the beaming smile across her face as she handed out high fives to the whole British team afterwards.

Raducanu lost one serve after squandering a match point at 5-2 with a double fault, could not take three more opportunities in the ninth game, but finally sealed victory at the sixth time of asking.

The pair - affectionately nicknamed 'Fedal' - almost won their tie against American duo Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe in London, missing a match point before Team World wrapped up the win.

During the second, the teams were neck-and-neck off the start but the British team controlled the race to move to match point, with the next matches scheduled for Friday.

More resistance came as Evans fought off five match points - and created three break points - before a relieved Etcheverry eventually served out victory.