Konta leadsGB to Fed Cup victoryin Estonia

By The Newsroom

Published 8th Feb 2018, 17:32 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 00:21 BST

Eastbourne's Johanna Konta gave Great Britain a convincing start to their Fed Cup campaign with a dominant win against Portugal in Tallinn.

With no players in their quartet ranked in the top 500, Portugal were not expected to put up much resistance and Konta, alongside Heather Watson, certainly did their jobs professionally.

British No 1 and world No 11 Konta needed just 49 minutes to defeat Maria Joao Koehler 6-1 6-0 while Watson got off to a shaky start against 17-year-old Francisca Jorge, trailing 3-1, but recovered well to win 6-4 6- 1.