Ashleigh Barty has survived an early scare to deliver Australia an opening Fed Cup win against Ukraine in Canberra.
The Australian No.1 dropped the first set against world No.883 Lyudmyla Kichenok in the World Group II tie but responded to take the opening rubber 4-6 6-1 6-4.
World No.26 Daria Gavrilova’s clash against Ukrainian teenage prodigy Marta Kostyuk follows on Saturday afternoon.
