Cameron Norrie and Katie Boulter ensured Nice Britain made a successful begin on the United Cup with victory over hosts Australia in Perth.
British males’s primary Cameron Norrie gained a third-set tie-break to defeat Alex de Minaur 6-4 2-6 7-6 (7-2).
Boulter then secured her nation’s opening win with a match to spare by beating Ajla Tomljanovic 6-2 6-4.
GB face america – winners of the inaugural match in January – of their closing Group C match on Sunday.
World quantity 18 Norrie, 28, dominated the decisive tie-break to earn a hard-fought win over the Twelfth-ranked De Minaur after two hours 23 minutes – his first victory over a top-20 opponent in his previous 10 makes an attempt.
Boulter, Britain’s top-ranked ladies’s participant, took cost from the outset in opposition to Tomljanovic, racing right into a 4-0 first-set lead on her strategy to an assured straight-set win which gave GB an unassailable 2-0 benefit.
Nonetheless, GB had been unable to finish a clear sweep of wins in a while Friday as Boulter and team-mate Neal Skupski misplaced 6-3 7-6 (7-5) to Storm Hunter and Matthew Ebden within the concluding combined doubles match.
GB reached the quarter-finals of the match’s inaugural version in January, the place they had been overwhelmed by eventual winners – and upcoming opponents – the USA.
On the United Cup, which takes place from 29 December to 7 January, international locations compete in a round-robin format throughout six teams of three.
The six group winners, plus the best-performing runner-up within the two host cities Perth and Sydney, advance to the quarter-finals.
