On the first day of the Billie Jean King Cup Qualifying event in Asheville, USA established a 2-0 lead with Alison Riske’s and Jessica Pegula’s singles victories.
Alison Riske played and won the longest singles tiebreak in Billie Jean King Cup history as she beat Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska 7-6(16) 7-5.
The world No.43 Riske laughed and called the tiebreak “bizarre and amazing at the same time”. Yastremska said that during the tiebreak she was laughing inside and wanted to cry at the same time, and explained: “I didn’t know when it’s going to finish.