Johanna Konta and Heather Watson secured Great Britain another victory in their Fed Cup campaign yesterday after winning both of the singles rubbers against Latvia in Tallinn.

Britain, under the leadership of new captain Anne Keothavong, had opened their Euro/Africa Zone Group I Pool C round-robin fixtures by completing a 3-0 whitewash of Portugal on Wednesday.

Another dominant display followed on yesterday morning as first Watson, the British number two, saw off Diana Marcinkevic 6-3 6-0 in a little over an hour.

Konta, who as world number 10 is the highest ranked player in the zonal group, then continued the momentum with a 6-2 6-3 win against Jelena Ostapenko.

After coasting through the first set, Australian Open quarter-finalist Konta faced a more determined Ostapenko as the world number 35 looked to force home some break chances of her own.

However, Konta managed to hold and subsequently broke the 19-year-old again to move 4-1 ahead before serving for the match.

Ostapenko, though, broke back at 5-2 only to see Konta rally from love-40 down and secure victory against the serve.

The final Pool C fixture is against Turkey today.

Should Keothavong’s squad secure top spot, they would then play the winners from Pool B tomorrow for the chance to progress to a World Group II promotion play-off in April.

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