In game one of the team event, the women's equivalent of the Davis Cup, Elena Malõgina (Estonia) beat Melanie Klaffner in two sets, 7:6 (5), 6:2.

Estonia's top player Anett Kontaveit was in action in the second game, beating Julia Grabher 6:1, 6:2 in a game which lasted just over an hour.

The two wins meant Estonia had already prevailed in the best-of-three format, though the pairing of Saara Orav and Valeria Gorlatš  lost to Klaffner and Sinja Kraus in three sets, 2:6, 6:4, 0:6 in the third, doubles match.

Estonia, which is hosting the Euro-Africa Group tournament at the Tallink Tennis Center in Lasnamäe, won the same number of rounds (one) as two of other two teams in Pool A, Greece and Austria – but goes through on overall win ratios (for instance Greece – which defeated Estonia - lost all three of its games with Italy, though Greece still progresses too, Austria does not), meeting Ukraine in the next round on Saturday.

All three Pool B teams are through, with Croatia meeting Italy and Bulgaria meeting Greece, in addition to the Estonia-Ukraine clash.