The extraordinary thing about Sramkova is that, like the 1950s British champion Christine Truman, she was born with only one functioning eye. Yet that did not stop her from extending her record at these finals to three singles wins from three, as she came back from an early deficit to overcome Katie Boulter 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.

A second storm hit the Costa del Sol last night as Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter blew away defending champions Canada to reach the Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals. And Anne Keothavong’s team will now be red-hot favourites to beat underdogs Slovakia in the last four on Tuesday.

Great Britain miss out on a place in the Billie Jean King Cup final as Heather Watson and Olivia Nicholls lose the deciding doubles against Slovakia.

Britain knocked out defending Billie Jean King Cup champions Canada as singles wins for Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter completed a 2-0 victory in Malaga on Sunday. Former US Open champion Raducanu powered through the first set of the opening rubber against Rebecca Marino and held off the Canadian in the second set to wrap up a 6-0,

Emma Raducanu’s winning streak continued on Tuesday as she put Great Britain 1-0 up against Slovakia in the Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals. The 22-year-old defeated world No.238 Viktoria Hruncakova 6-4 6-4,