British teenager Mika Stoisavljevic scored an enormous upset over Australia’s Talia Gibson on her Billie Jean King Cup debut in Melbourne.
Stoisavljevic, 17, overcame a spot of 219th place within the WTA rankings to win 7-6 (4), 7-5.
The 2024 US Open junior champions gave Britain the right begin in qualifying as Anne Keosavong’s aspect look to make a breakthrough within the absence of Emma Raducanu, Sonai Kartal, Katie Boulter and Fran Jones.
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Stoisavljevic took an early 3-1 lead however wanted a tiebreak to take the primary set, efficiently defending 5 break factors and ending a see-saw second set that included 5 breaks of service.
Stoisavljevic stated: “I really feel nice. I can not consider it. I can not even keep in mind the final level.” “I had nice assist from the sidelines and was capable of get by it.”
