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Badosa, ranked 13th in the world, won 6-2 3-6 6-4 over Rybakina,
giving Spain a chance to go into the semi-finals if they win
over Britain on Thursday.
"It was my first time and I think I enjoyed every minute on
court," Badosa said.
In a late Group D match on Wednesday, Coco Gauff and Caty
McNally beat Magda Linette and Alicja Rosolska 6-1 6-2 to earn
the United States a 2-1 win over Poland, who are without world
number one Iga Swiatek.
The teams were level before the decisive doubles match after
Danielle Collins' opening victory was cancelled out by Linette's
defeat of Madison Keys.
McNally said team captain Kathy Rinaldi had told them to enjoy
the occasion.
"Kathy kept reminding us to have fun. That's the most important
thing for both us, just to enjoy it," she added.
Belinda Bencic led Switzerland to victory over Italy in their
opening tie, while Slovakia bounced back from a tough loss to
Australia to defeat Belgium and get their campaign back on
track.
Olympic champion Bencic, the world number 12, saw off Jasmine
Paolini 7-5 6-3 to secure the Group A tie for Switzerland after
Jil Teichmann saved a match point en route to her thrilling 6-3
4-6 7-6(5) win over Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
Bencic returned to court half an hour later to team up with
Teichmann and wrap up a flawless day for last year's finalists
as they beat Paolini and Martina Trevisan 7-6(5) 6-1 to complete
a 3-0 sweep.
Earlier, Viktoria Kuzmova and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova won
their singles ties to give Slovakia a 2-1 victory over Belgium
in their final Group B tie.
Kuzmova scored a 6-2 7-6(7) win over Ysaline Bonaventure and
Schmiedlova sealed the tie with a tenacious 5-7 6-2 6-3 win over
Maryna Zanevska before the Belgian doubles pairing of Elise
Mertens and Kirsten Flipkens won their match.
The competition, formerly called the Fed Cup, was renamed in
honour of the 12-times Grand Slam champion and restructured into
a format concluding with 12 nations competing over one week for
the title.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru and Tommy Lund in
Gdansk, additional reporting by Aadi Nair; Editing by Toby
Davis, Christopher Cushing, Peter Rutherford)
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