The 21-year-old player beat Diane Perry 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 to send Great Britain through to the Billie Jean King Cup finals and she admitted she drew on her 2021 US Open victory to face down the 3,000 vocal French fans in Le Portel.

She told reporters following her win: “It was pretty incredible inside that stadium. Like, the sound… because it’s such an enclosed space, everything feels so much louder.

“Luckily, I have good practice. Playing on Arthur Ashe [the main US Open stadium] was a similar thing, honestly, especially when they’re all against you. So I honestly wasn’t fazed about the crowd or the sound. I think that doesn’t really bother me, which is probably one of my strengths.

“The level out there today was really high. My last [BJK] Cup tie was in the Czech Republic two years ago. I think it’s great to see how far I’ve come, on a lot of notes. I’ve for sure improved because I feel like I’m playing some of the best tennis of my career and my life.”

Emma - who missed much of last season due to ongoing wrist problems - admitted she had delivered an "amazing" performance.

She said: “When I was up 5-2 I was striking it. “I was hitting the ball into the corners. I was going for my shots. And that was how I got up. So I wasn’t going to start pushing the ball around. It was just about executing, so I just refocused. Two break points down at 5-5, I pulled out a great ace and she missed her return, and that was a huge hold."

She then laughed as she declared: "In the breaker, I played amazing to be honest.”