- Boulter won 6-2, 6-1 against Caijsa Hennemann
- Jodie Burrage suffered 6-4, 6-1 defeat to Kajsa Rinaldo Persson
The message from the first day of the Billie Jean King Cup playoffs between Great Britain and Sweden at the Copper Box Arena in London could not have been clearer: the rankings are so often not important.
Great Britain had been heavily favoured to win every rubber in a match against a depleted team that lacked their top two players due to injury. Instead, it was 1-1 after the first day.