Katie Swan saves the first with a sumptuous volley.

Marketa Vondrousova smiles as she thrashes a forehand through Katie Swan's defences.

That's two set points to the Czechs...

There's a cry from Marketa Vondrousouva as Karolina Muchova puts away a volley.

And again! Excellent one-two punching from the Czechs.

Saved thanks to a hearty swing of the Czech racquet.

Marketa Vondrousova gets the advantage and then promptly double faults. Ouch.

It's break point to the Britons in the very next moment...

Advantage to the Czechs comes courtesy of a spinny volley from Karolina Muchova.

Some great defensive work from Harriet Dart, though, forces a volley error from Marketa Vondrousova.

Excellent work from Harriet Dart up at the net, and she and Katie Swan share words of encouragement as they force deuce.

Sonia Oxley
BBC Sport in Prague

There are a lot of empty seats where the British fans have been sitting - but don’t worry, they haven’t abandoned the match! One of them told me they were all too cold and have moved to the sunny and warm side of the court. Good thinking!

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It's 30-30 as Marketa Vondrousova, at long last, misses a forehand from the baseline.

Katie Swan goes toe-to-toe with Karolina Muchova before Harriet Dart puts away a delightful volley to give the Brits game point.

The Britons are on the board as Vondrousova sends the ball into the net tape.

Can Karolina Muchova make it four in a row for the Czechs?

Their court coverage is just so good, and it's another straightforward game for the pair.

Into the net goes a pressured Harriet Dart!

Harriet Dart is scrapping hard to get out of this service game and all the while Marketa Vondrousova is producing some stonking returns.

Brilliant from Vondrousova at the net! Oh, she puts away a glorious backhand volley to work a break point.

Karolina Muchova pushes a lob just long but again, the Czech pair just keep on pushing their way back into the points.

Katie Swan smashes her way to the advantage but there's no stopping an absolute thunderbolt of a forehand from Marketa Vondrousova.

Deuce.

Muchova gets a big forehand all wrong and ends up framing it out of bounds.

Advantage, GB - but Harriet Dart can't close it out from the back of the court and we're at deuce.

A brilliant scramble from Katie Swan at the net helps Great Britain snaffle the first point of the game.

Marketa Vondrousova is such a wonderful returner, though, and she and an energised Karolina Muchova keep making inroads on the serve.

A Dart lob drifts long and we're at deuce.

Marketa Vondrousova throws her head back as she double faults for 30-15.

Karolina Muchova leans back and smashes an overhead winner through the British pair, and that's an easy hold for the Czechs.

Long goes a deep Harriet Dart forehand!

That's an early break for the Czech team.

Harriet Dart gets herself into a good position before tapping her attempted volley into the net.

They find themselvea smattering of break points down, though, as the Czech team look to make early inroads.

Katie Swan will serve first.

Russell Fuller
Tennis correspondent in Prague

The Czech Republic are fielding two high quality singles players.

We know how well Vondrousova is playing, although Muchova - a semi-finalist at the Australian Open last year - is playing only her second event since the US Open because of injury.

Swan and Dart can at least boast a 100% record as a team in this competition. They paired up to beat Greece and Slovenia when the Europe/Africa zone pool matches were played in Bath in 2019.