Toby Samuel and Arthur Fery both triumphed in their singles matches at a sold-out Copper Box Arena in London on Saturday to get Britain off to a winning start in the best-of-five tie. Patten and Skupski then took to the court on Sunday and booked Britain's ticket to the 'Final 8' event in Bologna at the earliest opportunity with a 6-3 6-4 win over Gonzalo Escobar and Diego Hidalgo. It is the first time that Great Britain have reached the knockout stage of the competition sinc