21-year-old Raducanu proved the star of the show for the Lexus Billie Jean King Cup team on day one having clinched victory out of the jaws of defeat.

Strong serving and excellent composure from the young Brit during the second and third sets in particular, helped Raducanu produce arguably her most impressive performance of the year to date.

It is her best win by ranking since March 2023 and her second in three rubbers she has played for Great Britain in her career.

“I’m very pleased with my performances and to bring this point home for the team,” she said in her post-match interview.

“It’s very difficult to play against Caroline who has been having such good runs and many good seasons. I was completely the underdog coming out here in her house, on clay.

“I definitely turned it around, I fought really hard, I dug in and that was a really good test for myself as I haven’t had those level matches very often.

“I don’t mind playing against the crowd, they can get as loud as they want today, tomorrow, or whenever – I think that’s a strength of mine.

“It was great to see so many union jacks out here and to hear the support of the bench, but ultimately, I think it was down to my fight and performance.”

There was a moment in the third set where Raducanu thought she’d won the match with an ace, that would give her a 5-1 lead. Having come to the net to shake hands with her opponent before being told otherwise, it could have rocked the British star mentally, but she kept cool and calm to see out the win.

“Sometimes I’m super locked in and I don’t get the score,” she joked afterwards. “I don’t know what happened, but it was quite embarrassing. All I was thinking is if I lose this right now I’m going to look like a right muppet, so I’m very happy I managed to pull it through in the next game.”