Great Britain need to win one of Sunday’s two reverse singles games to beat Lithuania in the Davis Cup after Ken Skupski and Colin Fleming won 6-0 6-7 (2-7) 7-5 6-3 in the doubles to put them 2-1 ahead in the tie.

The British duo eventually saw off Dovydas Sakinis and Laurynas Grigelis, who had rallied well following a first-set whitewash.

Great Britain then broke in the 12th game of the third set and sixth game of the fourth to seal the win and leave them in good shape ahead of Sunday’s crucial games.

Fleming and Skupski were delighted to have secured Great Britain’s first Davis Cup doubles win since 2007 on their debut in the competition.

“We feel like we’ve merited our place in this tie, it’s something we’ve always wanted to do,” said Fleming.

Skupski added: “They played great tennis today. We were professional about our tennis and we got the win.”