Grand Slam champions Elena Rybakina and Barbora Krejcikova comfortably won their opening matches to help Kazakhstan and the Czech Republic respectively take 2-0 leads in their Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers on Friday.
Playing a home against a Polish team missing the injured world number one Iga Swiatek, Kazakhstan stamped their authority over Poland on clay.
The best-of-five qualifiers feature two singles matches on Friday and two reverse singles on Saturday plus a doubles rubber. France took a 2-0 lead over hosts Britain as world number five Caroline Garcia first battled to a 6-7 7-6 7-6 win over Katie Boulter in a marathon lasting three hours 26 minutes.
The United States, who have won more titles than any other nation in the competition with 18, took a 2-0 lead over Austria after teenage sensation Coco Gauff beat Julia Grabher 6-1 6-3 and Jessica Pegula secured a 6-0 7-5 win over Sinja Kraus.
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